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