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1 day ago · The data used to back up the reported $20 million in advertising costs can be found here: 2024 Cyber Charter RTK Spreadsheet – Google Sheets. All of this data had to be obtained by Right to Know Requests because the cyber schools flouted state law. House Bill 2370 improves the rigor of the transparency requirements for cyber schools.
21 hours ago · Cyber charter schools claim that they only receive 75% of the funding of traditional public schools. But that’s simply not true. In the 2021-22 school year, charter schools received $19,455 per ...
1 day ago · In Pennsylvania, there are 13 cyber schools, educating about 60,000 students. Jensen said each of the 13 cybers are different. “We are looking to be laboratories of innovation,” he said. The Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools is lobbying lawmakers to keep the proposed cut out of the final budget.
3 days ago · Here Lawrence Feinberg, director of Keystone Center for Charter Change, and Robert Gleason, former chairman of the Pennsylvania GOP explain where we are. Governor Shapiro and a growing number of legislators from both sides of the aisle are calling for changes to the way cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania are funded and operate.
3 days ago · For example, the legislation returns about $1 billion in real estate taxes to Pennsylvania residents. In addition, the reform of cyber charter school funding will save about $530 million a year. Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia, told WHYY News the cyber charter funding rules need an overhaul.
17 hours ago · YORK, Pa., June 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pennwood Cyber Charter School, Pennsylvania's newest cyber charter school, announces the hire of Chris Moser as the school's CEO. Moser has a distinguished career in education with over 20 years of experience in K-12 education. "We are thrilled to welcome Chris Moser as the CEO; she impressed us ...
4 days ago · A bill that would implement that plan, and that includes changes to the way districts reimburse cyber charter schools that could save districts millions of dollars, passed the state House with bipartisan support earlier this month. Sustaining such spending would quickly drain Pennsylvania's cash reserves.
