HB 495 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in charter schools, further providing for enrollment.

PRINTER'S NO.   484

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 495
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY KAZEEM, SANCHEZ, KHAN, PROBST, HILL-EVANS,
        SCHLOSSBERG, CIRESI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, OTTEN, KENYATTA AND
        GREEN, FEBRUARY 5, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 5, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in charter schools, further providing
 6      for enrollment.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    Section 1723-A(d)(1) of the act of March 10, 1949
10   (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
11   amended and the subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to
12   read:
13      Section 1723-A.    Enrollment.--* * *
14      (d)   (1)   [Enrollment] Except as provided under paragraph
15   (1.1), enrollment of students in a charter school or cyber
16   charter school shall not be subject to a cap or otherwise
17   limited by any past or future action of a board of school
18   directors, a board of control established under Article XVII-B,
19   a special board of control established under section 692 or any
 1   other governing authority, unless agreed to by the charter
 2   school or cyber charter school as part of a written charter
 3   pursuant to section 1720-A.
 4      (1.1)   Enrollment of students in a charter school or regional
 5   charter school shall be subject to a cap on students who reside
 6   in the district or districts in which the charter school is
 7   physically located or in which the regional charter school is
 8   chartered as part of a written charter under section 1720-A. The
 9   enrollment cap shall be approved by the local board of school
10   directors of a school district or by the local boards of school
11   directors of a school district in the case of a regional charter
12   school. The enrollment cap shall not preclude a charter school
13   from enrolling students from districts outside of the physical
14   location of the charter school or in the case of a regional
15   charter school, from districts outside of where the regional
16   charter school is chartered.
17      * * *
18      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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