HB 480 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in charter schools, providing for full-time cyber education program offered by school district.

PRINTER'S NO.    463

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 480
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, HILL-EVANS, VENKAT, PROBST, SANCHEZ,
        HANBIDGE, CERRATO, KHAN, SCHLOSSBERG, RIVERA AND GREEN,
        FEBRUARY 4, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 4, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in charter schools, providing for
 6      full-time cyber education program offered by school district.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10   as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11   section to read:
12      Section 1748.2-A.    Full-time Cyber Education Program Offered
13   by School District.--(a)    Notwithstanding section 1725-A(a)(1)
14   or any other provision of law to the contrary, the following
15   shall apply to a student who resides in a school district that
16   offers a full-time cyber education program:
17      (1)   If the student enrolls in the full-time cyber education
18   program offered by the school district of residence, the
19   student's enrollment in the cyber education program shall be
 1   subject to no tuition or fees other than fees that the school
 2   district imposes on its students generally.
 3      (2)    If the student chooses to enroll in a cyber charter
 4   school, the student or the student's parent or guardian shall be
 5   responsible to pay the cyber charter school a per-student amount
 6   calculated in the manner provided under section 1725-A(a)(2) and
 7   (3). The payments shall be made to the cyber charter school in
 8   twelve (12) equal monthly payments, by the fifth day of each
 9   month, within the operating school year. A student enrolled in a
10   cyber charter school under this clause shall not be included in
11   the average daily membership of the student's school district of
12   residence for the purpose of providing basic education funding
13   payments and special education funding under Article XXV.
14      (b)    As used in this section, the term "full-time cyber
15   education program" shall mean a complete course of study offered
16   by a school district in which the school district uses
17   technology in order to provide a significant portion of its
18   curriculum and to deliver a significant portion of instruction
19   to its students through the Internet or other electronic means,
20   but not through a cyber charter school established under section
21   1745-A.
22      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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