Cyber Charter School Fights PA Law on Student Wellness Checks

Are cyber charters a way to ‘hide’ from child welfare scrutiny? Some say yes

Superintendents say vulnerable children in Pa. lose critical links to the outside world and caring adults when their parents enroll them in cyber charters.

State cyber charter schools group pushes back against new Westmont Hilltop initiative

The Pennsylvania Association of Public Cyber Charter Schools pushed back in a statement this week against a new Westmont Hilltop School District initiative to draw students back to the traditional institution from outside cyber charter schools.

Cyberschool facing wrongful death suit says it’s ‘unreasonable’ for teachers to see students weekly

A wellness check requirement, passed into state law last year, was inspired in part by the death of a 12-year-old Commonwealth Charter Academy student.

Cyber school facing wrongful death suit says it’s ‘unreasonable’ for teachers to see students weekly

The wellness check requirement, passed into state law last year, was inspired in part by the death of a 12-year-old Commonwealth Charter Academy student.

Central Pa. cyber school facing suit says it’s ‘unreasonable’ for teachers to see students weekly

The wellness check requirement, passed into state law last year, was inspired in part by the death of a 12-year-old Commonwealth Charter Academy student.

Cyber charter school fights PA law on student wellness checks

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s largest cyber charter school says it is “unreasonable” to expect its staff to see and hear from all students weekly, despite the Shapiro administration’s contention that it must do so to comply with state law. Now, state lawmakers are pushing to update the statute’s language to ensure these wellness checks happen. The law, passed as part of last year’s budget, says cyber charter schools must weekly “ensure that each e…