HB 2634 — 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 funding for charter schools and for funding for cyber charter schools.

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36242634 THE2026 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFPROKOPIAK, PENNSYLVANIAMADDEN, HOUSEBOROWSKI, BILLKHAN, SessionOTTEN, DONAHUE, RIVERA, McNEILL, MAZZOCCO, PIELLI, BRENNAN, BRADFORD, SANCHEZ AND SCHWEYER, JUNE 12, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 12, 2026 AN ACT Amending the act of No.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;

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WILLIAMS, JUNE 12, 2026 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 16, 2026 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 laws relating thereto," in charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools and for funding for cyber charter schools.

(2.2) For the 2027-2028 school year and each school year thereafter, the amount calculated under clause (2) and adjusted under clause (2.1) shall be multiplied by the sum of one (1) and the average of the most recent percentage increase INCREASES in <-- the Statewide average weekly wage and the employment cost index as defined in THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 302 OF the act <-- of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the "Taxpayer Relief Act." (3) [For] Through the 2026-2027 school year, for special education students, the charter school shall receive for each student enrolled the same funding as for each non-special 20260HB2634PN3624 - 2 - education student as provided in clause (2), plus an additional amount determined by dividing the district of residence's total 20260HB2634PN3600 - 2 - special education expenditure by the product of multiplying the combined percentage of section 2509.5(k) times the district of residence's total average daily membership for the prior school year.

(3.1) For the 2027-2028 school year and each school year thereafter, for special education students, the charter school shall receive for each student enrolled an amount, to be paid by the district of residence of each student, equal to the same adjusted amount for each non-special education student determined under clause (2.1)(2.1), (2.2), plus an additional amount <-- calculated as follows:

A student enrolled in a charter school shall be included in the average daily membership of the student's district of residence for the purpose of providing basic education funding payments and special education 20260HB2634PN3624 - 3 - funding pursuant to Article XXV.

If a school district fails to make a payment to a charter school as prescribed in this clause, 20260HB2634PN3600 - 3 - the secretary shall deduct the estimated amount, as documented by the charter school using the most recently available per- student amount posted under clause (7), from any and all State payments made to the district after receipt of documentation from the charter school.

The secretary may not make a deduction on behalf of a charter school unless the documentation from the cyber charter school uses the per-student amount that is posted <-- under clause (7).

(i) Beginning November 1, 2024, [and each year thereafter] through the 2026-2027 school year, each school district shall report the per-student amount to be paid and the component financial data used to calculate the per-student amount to be paid in clauses (2) and (3) and section 1725.1-A for the current 20260HB2634PN3624 - 4 - school year in a manner and form prescribed by the department.

Any subsequent revision to the information reported under this 20260HB2634PN3600 - 4 - clause shall be reported to the department within fifteen (15) days of the revision.

Funding for Cyber Charter Schools.--* * * (e) For the 2025-2026 school year and each school year 20260HB2634PN3624 - 5 - thereafter, for non-special education students, a cyber charter school shall receive for each student enrolled an amount 20260HB2634PN3600 - 5 - calculated as follows:

tax <-- 20260HB2634PN3624 - 6 - assessment and collection services;

and eighty per centum of operations and maintenance 20260HB2634PN3600 - 6 - of plant services.

(II) THE AMOUNT CALCULATED UNDER SUBCLAUSE (I) SHALL BE <-- MULTIPLIED BY THE SUM OF ONE (1) AND THE AVERAGE OF THE MOST RECENT PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE AND THE EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 302 OF THE ACT OF JUNE 27, 2006 (1ST SP.SESS., P.L.1873, NO.1), KNOWN AS THE "TAXPAYER RELIEF ACT." (ii) (III) Multiply the amount determined under subclause <-- (i) (II) by the lesser of one (1) or the amount determined under <-- section 2502.56(d)(2)(ii) for the school district for the most recent year available as of the first day of June preceding the school year for which the per-student funding amount applies.

(1) the same adjusted amount for each non-special education <-- student AMOUNT determined under section 1725-A(a)(3.1);

or <-- (2) the amount determined under subsection (e) (E)(4) for <-- the school district multiplied by one and seventy-one hundredths (1.71).

(1) The amendment or addition of section 1725.1-A(e)(1) 20260HB2634PN3624 - 7 - introductory paragraph, (2) introductory paragraph, (3) and (4), (f) introductory paragraph and (f.1) of the act shall take effect immediately.

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