Bill May 22, 2026

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for Cyber Charter School Funding and Policy Council and further providing for advertising and sponsorships; in pupils and attendance, further providing for exceptional children and education and training; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for funding for cyber charter schools, for powers and duties of department and for assessment and evaluation, providing for fund balance limits, further providing for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, providing for cyber charter school fund balance accountability, further providing for establishment of cyber charter school, for cyber charter school application, for enrollment and notification, for enrollee wellness checks and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations and providing for cyber charter school moratorium; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for extraordinary special education program expenses.

https://openstates.org/pa/bills/2025-2026/HB1500/

Pete Schweyer State Representative Cosponsor Gina Curry State Representative Cosponsor Paul Friel State Representative Cosponsor Jenn O'Mara State Representative Cosponsor Danielle Otten State Representative Cosponsor Tarah Probst State Representative Cosponsor Jim Prokopiak State Representative Cosponsor Izzy Smith-Wade-El State Representative Cosponsor Lisa Borowski State Representative Cosponsor Tim Brennan State Representative Cosponsor Tina Davis State Representative Cosponsor Dave Delloso State Representative Cosponsor Kyle Donahue State Representative Cosponsor Justin Fleming State Representative Cosponsor Nancy Guenst State Representative Cosponsor Jim Haddock State Representative Cosponsor Liz Hanbidge State Representative Cosponsor Carol Hill-Evans State Representative Cosponsor John Inglis State Representative Cosponsor Leanne Krueger State Representative Cosponsor Chris Pielli State Representative Cosponsor Nikki Rivera State Representative Cosponsor Ben Sanchez State Representative Cosponsor Mike Schlossberg State Representative Cosponsor Melissa Shusterman State Representative Cosponsor Mandy Steele State Representative Cosponsor Arvind Venkat State Representative Cosponsor Tarik Khan State Representative Cosponsor Dave Madsen State Representative Cosponsor Mary Jo Daley State Representative Cosponsor Steve Samuelson State Representative Cosponsor Carol Kazeem State Representative Cosponsor Abigail Salisbury State Representative Cosponsor Jacklyn Rusnock State Representative Cosponsor Bob Freeman State Representative Cosponsor