1Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2act relating to the public school system, including certain
3provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5laws relating thereto," in charter schools, providing for
6moratorium; and further providing for applicability of other
7provisions of act and regulations.

8The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9hereby enacts as follows:

10Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
11as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
12section to read:

13Section 1733-A. Moratorium.--(a) Notwithstanding any other
14provision of law to the contrary, a moratorium is established on
15the effective date of this section for the review of the
16following applications submitted after the effective date of
17this section:

18(1) Review of an application for a new charter school by the
19State Charter School Appeal Board.

20(2) Review of an application for a new cyber charter school
21by the department.

1(3) Review of an application for a new cyber charter school
2by the State Charter School Appeal Board.

3(b) The moratorium established in subsection (a) shall not
4apply to any application for the renewal of a charter for a
5charter school or a cyber charter school.

6(c) (1) The moratorium established in subsection (a) shall
7expire upon the earlier of the following:

8(i) June 30, 2015; or

9(ii) June 30 of the school year where the following have
10been implemented to more fairly and accurately measure the
11academic performance of students, schools, school districts and
12educators:

13(A) Replacement of the Commonwealth's State Assessment
14System, including the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment,
15the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment-Modified and the
16Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment.

17(B) Replacement or revision of the Pennsylvania
18Accountability System and the Pennsylvania Value Added
19Assessment System.

20(2) Replacement and revision under paragraph (1)(ii)(A) and
21(B) shall incorporate the following:

22(i) Utilization of multiple measures of student performance
23that can be used to guide and inform educational practice and
24for accountability purposes to include, but not be limited to,
25the following:

26(A) Student achievement.

27(B) Gains in student achievement.

28(C) Reductions in the student achievement gap.

29(D) School attendance rates.

30(E) Graduation rates.

1(ii) Utilization of at least five (5) classifications of
2academic performance to recognize a range of academic
3performance from a high level through a continuous range to a
4low-level to provide improved targeting of rewards for high-
5performing schools and school districts and assistance for low-
6performing schools and school districts.

7(iii) Incentives for schools to assist students to improve
8their performance.

9(iv) Utilization of differentiated systems of support to the
10lowest-performing schools and school districts, including
11professional development that is targeted to the deficits of
12each school and school district.

13(v) Utilization of reasonable and realistic implementation
14goals that ensure that the Commonwealth, the school districts
15and schools have the capacity to fully implement the
16accountability system and act on the results.

17(vi) Application of the replacement assessment systems to
18each public school, charter school, regional charter school,
19cyber charter school, area vocational-technical school and
20nonpublic school in this Commonwealth to provide for the
21assessment of every student in the tested grades.

22(3) Replacement and revision under paragraph (1)(ii)(A) and
23(B) must receive approval from the United States Department of
24Education.

25Section 2. Section 1749-A(a)(1) of the act, added June 29,
262002 (P.L.524, No.88), is amended to read:

27Section 1749-A. Applicability of other provisions of this act
28and of other acts and regulations.

29(a) General requirements.--Cyber charter schools shall be
30subject to the following:

1(1) Sections 108, 110, 111, 321, 325, 326, 327, 431,
2436, 443, 510, 518, 527, 708, 752, 753, [755,] 771, 776, 777,
3808, 809, 810, 1109, 1111, 1112(a), 1205.1, 1205.2, 1301,
41302, 1310, 1317.2, 1318, 1330, 1332, 1303-A, 1518, 1521,
51523, 1531, 1547, 1702-A, 1703-A, 1714-A, 1715-A, 1716-A,
61719-A, 1721-A, 1722-A, 1723-A(a) and (b), 1724-A, 1725-A,
71727-A, 1729-A, 1730-A, 1731-A(a)(1) and (b), 1733-A and
82014-A and Articles XII-A, XIII-A and XIV.

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10Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.