ICYMI: Three Pennsylvania Public Charter Schools Awarded Federal Grants
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, May 10, 2021 HARRISBURG (May 10, 2021) – The Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter School (PCPCS) today announced the three subgrantees who may receive as much as $1.5 million…
Continue ReadingCharter school reform resolutions tops 400 PA school districts saying, “the time for reform is now!”
For Immediate Release Media contact for PSBA: Annette Stevenson Chief Communications Officer Pennsylvania School Boards Association Annette.Stevenson@PSBA.org Charter school reform resolutions tops 400 PA school districts saying, “the time for reform is now!” Mechanicsburg, PA…
Continue ReadingYour view: Cyber schools aren’t free
Times Leader by Educational Leadership Team, Greater Nanticoke Area School District, May 11, 2021 The purpose of this letter is to inform Greater Nanticoke Area taxpayers that cyber school tuition is not free. Cyber schools cost…
Continue ReadingCyber Charter Schools Are Subject to COVID Emergency Leave Law, Fed Judge Rules
Law.com The Legal Intelligencer by P.J. D’Annunzio, May 12, 2021 “Pennsylvania law provides that charters, like its school districts, are bodies corporate and gives charters the power to sue and be sued to the same…
Continue ReadingDepartment Of Education, Legislators, And School Leaders Urge Action On Charter School Accountability, Reform
Pennsylvania Department of Education, Press Release, April 30, 2021 Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Acting Secretary Noe Ortega joined state Senators Lindsey Williams and Jim Brewster, McKeesport Area School District Superintendent Dr. Mark…
Continue ReadingCyber Funding: House & Senate Education Committee Fact Sheets
PCCY Charter Performance Center (Data sources: PASBO and PDE) Enrollment in cyber charter schools has skyrocketed during the pandemic, causing school districts to pay $350 million more and intensifying pressure on local property taxes. The House…
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