§ 17-1715-A. Charter school requirements
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 1, 2008
Effective: July 1, 2008
24 P.S. § 17-1715-A
§ 17-1715-A. Charter school requirements
Charter schools shall be required to comply with the following provisions:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a charter school is exempt from statutory requirements established in this act, from regulations of the State board and the standards of the secretary not specifically applicable to charter schools. Charter schools are not exempt from statutes applicable to public schools other than this act.
(7) A charter school shall only be subject to the laws and regulations as provided for in section 1732-A,1 or as otherwise provided for in this article.
(8) A charter school shall participate in the Pennsylvania State Assessment System as provided for in 22 Pa. Code Ch. 5 (relating to curriculum), or subsequent regulations promulgated to replace 22 Pa. Code Ch. 5, in the manner in which the school district in which the charter school is located is scheduled to participate.
(9) A charter school shall provide a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days of instruction or nine hundred (900) hours per year of instruction at the elementary level, or nine hundred ninety (990) hours per year of instruction at the secondary level. Nothing in this clause shall preclude the use of computer and satellite linkages for delivering instruction to students.
(A) Sections 751 and 751.1.2
(ii) Section 1 of the act of May 1, 1913 (P.L. 155, No. 104),5 entitled “An act regulating the letting of certain contracts for the erection, construction, and alteration of public buildings.”
(iii) The act of August 15, 1961 (P.L. 987, No. 442),6 known as the “Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act.”
(v) The act of March 3, 1978 (P.L. 6, No. 3),7 known as the “Steel Products Procurement Act.”
(12) A person who serves as an administrator for a charter school shall not receive compensation from another charter school or from a company that provides management or other services to another charter school. The term “administrator” shall include the chief executive officer of a charter school and all other employes of a charter school who by virtue of their positions exercise management or operational oversight responsibilities. A person who serves as an administrator for a charter school shall be a public official under 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure). A violation of this clause shall constitute a violation of 65 Pa.C.S. § 1103(a) (relating to restricted activities), and the violator shall be subject to the penalties imposed under the jurisdiction of the State Ethics Commission.
Credits
1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XVII-A, § 1715-A, added 1997, June 19, P.L. 225, No. 22, § 1, imd. effective. Amended 2008, July 9, P.L. 846, No. 61, § 10, retroactive effective July 1, 2008.
Footnotes
24 P.S. § 17-1732-A.
24 P.S. §§ 7-751 and 7-751.1.
24 P.S. §§ 7-756 and 7-757.
8 P.S. § 191 et seq.
53 P.S. § 1003.
43 P.S. § 165-1 et seq.
73 P.S. § 1881 et seq.
24 P.S. § 17-1715-A, PA ST 24 P.S. § 17-1715-A
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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