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PA HB1372
Bill
Status
5/2/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Ciresi
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AI Summary
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Establishes a statewide cyber charter school tuition rate of $8,000 per non-special education student beginning 2026-2027, replacing the current district-based funding formula, with adjustments every three years based on average property tax increases
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Prohibits public school entities from paying to sponsor public events and bars cyber charter schools from offering cash, gifts, or incentives to prospective students or families for enrollment
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Caps cyber charter school unassigned fund balances at 8-12% of budgeted expenditures (based on school size), requiring excess funds to be refunded pro rata to school districts within 90 days
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Limits enrollment expansion to 10% for cyber charter schools designated as Comprehensive Support and Improvement schools under federal law, and requires families to pay tuition directly for students who voluntarily enroll (with exceptions for prior cyber or district enrollment)
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Strengthens oversight by expanding conflict of interest rules for cyber charter school board members, requiring detailed application and renewal processes, establishing specific grounds for charter revocation, and mandating weekly attendance reporting to school districts of residence
Legislative Description
In preliminary provisions, further providing for advertising and sponsorships; and, in charter scho ols, further providing for definitions, for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees, for facilities, for enrollment, for funding for charter schools, for funding for cyber charter schools, for powers and duties of department, for assessment and evaluation and for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, providing for fund balance limits and for educational management service providers, further providing for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities and for establishment of cyber charter school, providing for renewal of charters, for charter amendments and for causes for nonrenewal, revocation or termination and further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board review, for cyber charter school application, for enrollment and notification and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.
Last Action
Referred to Education
5/2/2025