§ 16-1615. Virtual high school study commission
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 1, 2008
Effective: July 1, 2008
24 P.S. § 16-1615
§ 16-1615. Virtual high school study commission
(a) The Virtual High School Study Commission is established within the Department of Education to examine the feasibility and costs associated with creating a State-operated, Internet-based high school, to be known as the Pennsylvania Virtual High School, which would provide secondary students throughout this Commonwealth with access to a wide range of learning services to include, at a minimum:
(21) Two chief executive officers of cyber charter schools approved pursuant to subdivision (c)1 of Article XVII-A, selected by the Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools from among cyber charter schools approved pursuant to subdivision (c) of Article XVII-A.
Members of the commission shall be appointed within forty-five (45) days of the effective date of this section.
(e) The Virtual High School Study Commission shall hold meetings at the call of the chairman. The commission may also hold public hearings on the matters to be considered by the commission at locations throughout this Commonwealth. All meetings and public hearings of the commission shall be deemed public meetings for the purpose of 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).
(3) Whenever possible, the Commission shall utilize the services and expertise of existing personnel and staff of State government, and, to this end the Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall make such personnel and staff available to the commission to the fullest extent commensurate with the performance of their other duties.
(1) Meeting with all segments of the basic and higher education communities, representatives of the State's business and labor communities and Internet service providers operating within this Commonwealth to discuss their potential involvement in the operation of a State virtual high school program.
(j) The Virtual High School Study Commission shall issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the majority chairman and minority chairman of the Education Committee of the Senate and the majority chairman and minority chairman of the Education Committee of the House of Representatives no later than December 31, 2009.
Credits
1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XVI, § 1615, added 2008, July 9, P.L. 846, No. 61, § 9, retroactive effective July 1, 2008.
Footnotes
24 P.S. § 17-1741-A et seq.
24 P.S. § 16-1615, PA ST 24 P.S. § 16-1615
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 32. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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