H1907B3059A06433 MSP:JMT 04/04/16 #90 A06433
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1907
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE BENNINGHOFF
Printer's No. 3059
Amend Bill, page 1, line 6, by striking out "and" and
inserting
, providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter
and cyber charter schools, further providing
Amend Bill, page 4, lines 27 and 28, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1327.2. Attendance Policy at Charter, Regional
Charter and Cyber Charter Schools.--(a) Each charter, regional
charter and cyber charter school shall establish an attendance
policy designed to determine when a child who is enrolled in a
charter, regional charter or cyber charter school has an
unexcused absence, which may differ from the policy of the
school district in which the child resides. The policy must
conform to the provisions of this act relating to compulsory
attendance. Each cyber charter school may develop guidelines
setting forth alternative methods of calculating unexcused
absences for the purposes of determining whether a child
enrolled in a cyber charter school has an unexcused absence,
subject to approval by the department.
(b) Notwithstanding section 1333.2(a), in the case of a
child enrolled in a cyber charter school the venue for the
filing of a citation under section 1333.1 shall be based upon
the residence of the child. A cyber charter school may
participate in a proceeding under sections 1333.1, 1333.2 and
1333.3 in person, by phone conferencing, by video conferencing
or by any other electronic means.
(c) Charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools shall
report unexcused absences directly to the department annually
through the Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS).
Section 2.1. Section 1333 of the act, amended November 17,
1995 (1st Sp.Sess. P.L.1110, No.29), is amended to read:
Amend Bill, page 16, line 29, by inserting after "1326,"
1327.2,
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