Bill Information

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in professional employees, further providing for rating system; in pupils and attendance, providing for transfer of records to another school entity or nonpublic school; in charter schools, further providing for definitions; providing for Charter School Entities Funding Advisory Commission and for Office of Charter School Entities; further providing for powers of charter schools, for charter school requirements and for powers of board of trustees; providing for organization of meetings of boards of trustees and for duties of administrators; further providing for establishment of charter school, for contents of application, for term and form of charter, for State Charter School Appeal Board, for facilities, for enrollment, for school staff and for funding for charter schools; providing for actual costs of educational services; further providing for transportation, for annual reports and assessments, for causes for nonrenewal or termination and for provisions applicable to charter schools; providing for charter school fund balance limit; further providing for powers and duties of department, for assessment and evaluation, for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities, for enrollment and notification and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations; providing for cyber charter school fund balance limit; in auditing of school finances, further providing for duties of controller; and making an inconsistent repeal.