Cyber Charter Funding Reform Passes Pa. House

State Rep. Ciresi addresses issues during Pottstown town hall

POTTSTOWN — There was no shortage of topics discussed during Wednesday night’s town hall meeting with state Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-146th Dist. There were the topics he brought with him — school funding, avoiding scams, minimum wage and most particularly, PennDOT. And then there were those brought by the speakers who stepped from among the 45 or so residents who showed up. Those included food deserts, non-political redistricting, the need to consolid…

Pa. House passes cyber charter reform again; Senate lawmakers take another run at vouchers

Cyber charter school reform tops education agenda as budget negotiations take shape. Legislation to reform Pennsylvania’s quarter-century-old cyber charter school law and return to taxpayers hundreds of millions in excessive tuition payments passed in the state House on Wednesday with bipartisan support. The bill now heads to the state Senate where a favorable vote would ratify one of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget priorities by capping cyber charte…

Bill To Reform Cyber Charter School Funding Passes House - ButlerRadio.com - Butler, PA

A bill that looks to reform Cyber Charter Schools has passed through the state house. Auditor General Tim DeFoor released an audit in February that called for reform of Cyber Charter Schools and how they are funded. The Pennsylvania State Senate will now vote on a proposed bill that passed the state house by a vote of 104 to 98. The bill would reform funding for cyber charter schools, provide more transparency on that funding, and allow parity w…

Pennsylvania House passes cyber charter school reforms with pushback from cyber charter schools, conservatives

HARRISBURG — Only two days after cyber charter reforms were passed by the Pennsylvania House education committee, representatives across the commonwealth voted along party lines to pass HB 1500, which

Pa. schools would get billions more under Democratic plan passed by state House

A proposal to boost public school funding by billions in the coming years and impose stricter rules on cyber-charter schools is on its way to the Pennsylvania Senate.

Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools would see funding cut under bill passed by Pa. House

A proposal to limit per-student payments to Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools and make other changes to how they operate narrowly passed the state House.