Pennsylvania HB 2594: An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real estate foreclosure, providing for building permit information following sheriff's sale.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3506
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2594
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, M. MACKENZIE, KRUPA, HAMM, ANDERSON,
BERNSTINE, WATRO, WALSH, KAUFFMAN AND DIAMOND, JUNE 2, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 3, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in pupils and attendance, further
providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter
and cyber charter schools, for excuses from attending school,
for procedure when child is truant, for procedure by school
when child habitually truant and for penalties for violating
compulsory school attendance requirements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1327.2(a.1) and (c) of the act of March
10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of
1949, amended November 12, 2025 (P.L.244, No.47), are amended to
read:
Section 1327.2. Attendance Policy at Charter, Regional
Charter and Cyber Charter Schools.--* * *
(a.1) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a
cyber charter school shall include in its attendance policy the
following:
(1) A policy to determine when a child has an unexcused or
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excused absence or is present for synchronous instruction. To be
present for synchronous instruction, a child must be present and
visible to the teacher on camera [during each synchronous
instructional period for each course].
(2) A prohibition specifying that a cyber charter school
administrator or chief administrator may not alter an attendance
record taken by a teacher, unless the alteration corrects an
error.
(3) A policy to determine when a child has an unexcused or
excused absence or is present for asynchronous instruction. To
be present for asynchronous instruction, a child must complete
[weekly] benchmarks. The following requirements shall apply to
the [weekly] benchmarks:
(i) A cyber charter school shall establish [weekly]
benchmarks for students participating in asynchronous
instruction. [and shall submit the weekly benchmarks to the
department for approval by June 30 of each year for the
following school year. If the department has not approved,
denied or returned the weekly benchmarks within forty-five (45)
days, the weekly benchmarks shall be deemed approved for the
following school year.]
(ii) The [weekly] benchmarks must be sufficient to
demonstrate the student is making adequate and consistent
progress toward completion of each course in which the student
is enrolled. The cyber charter school's attendance policy shall
define adequate and consistent progress and include the
[consequence] intervention for failure to make adequate and
consistent progress.
(iii) If a student does not complete the [weekly] benchmark,
the student shall receive an absence or other [consequence]
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intervention in accordance with the policy under this paragraph.
* * *
(c) [(1)] Charter, regional charter and cyber charter
schools shall report all unexcused absences directly to the
department annually through the Pennsylvania Information
Management System (PIMS).
[(2) In addition to the reporting requirements under
paragraph (1), cyber charter schools shall submit information
related to the completion of the weekly benchmarks established
under subsection (a.1)(3) annually through PIMS and the
department shall post the information on the department's
publicly accessible Internet website.
(3) For students who have been found to be truant or
habitually truant, cyber charter schools shall report the
information required under paragraphs (1) and (2) directly to
the department monthly through PIMS.]
Section 2. Section 1329 of the act is amended by adding
subsections to read:
Section 1329. Excuses from Attending School.--* * *
(b.1) A board of school directors of a school district may
not create rules governing pupil attendance, absences and
excusals that:
(1) Assign an unexcused absence or unexcused tardy
determination to students who are unable to attend school or
delayed in attending school due to a lack of transportation
provided by the local school district or a delayed
transportation vehicle provided by the local school district.
(2) Assign an unexcused absence or unexcused tardy
determination to students who are unable to attend school or
delayed in attending school due to a lack of common carriers or
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a delay in common carriers if the local board of school
directors chooses to provide students with free transportation
through common carriers, in accordance with section