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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 13-1327.2. Attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Each charter, regional charter and cyber charter school shall establish an attendance policy designed to accurately determine when a child who is enrolled in a charter, regional charter or cyber charter school has an unexcused or excused absence or is present for instruction, which may differ from the policy of the school district in which the child resides.  The policy must conform to the provisions of this act relating to compulsory attendance.

(a.1) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a cyber charter school shall include in its attendance policy the following:

(1) A policy to determine when a child has an unexcused or excused absence or is present for synchronous instruction.  To be present for synchronous instruction, a child must be present and visible to the teacher on camera during each synchronous instructional period for each course.

(2) A prohibition specifying that a cyber charter school administrator or chief administrator may not alter an attendance record taken by a teacher, unless the alteration corrects an error.

(3) A policy to determine when a child has an unexcused or excused absence or is present for asynchronous instruction.  To be present for asynchronous instruction, a child must complete weekly benchmarks.  The following requirements shall apply to the weekly benchmarks:

(i) A cyber charter school shall establish weekly benchmarks for students participating in asynchronous instruction and shall submit the weekly benchmarks to the department for approval by June 30 of each year for the following school year.  If the department has not approved, denied or returned the weekly benchmarks within forty-five (45) days, the weekly benchmarks shall be deemed approved for the following school year.

(ii) The weekly benchmarks must be sufficient to demonstrate the student is making adequate and consistent progress toward completion of each course in which the student is enrolled.  The cyber charter school's attendance policy shall define adequate and consistent progress and include the consequence for failure to make adequate and consistent progress.

(iii) If a student does not complete the weekly benchmark, the student shall receive an absence or other consequence in accordance with the policy under this paragraph.

(b) Notwithstanding section 1333.2(a),  1 in the case of a child enrolled in a cyber charter school the venue for the filing of a citation under section 1333.1   2 shall be based upon the residence of the child.  A cyber charter school may participate in a proceeding under sections 1333.1, 1333.2 and 1333.3   3 in person, by telephone conferencing, by video conferencing or by any other electronic means.

<Text of subsec. (c) effective until Aug. 1, 2026.>

(c) Charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools shall report unexcused absences directly to the department annually through the Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS).

<Text of subsec. (c) effective Aug. 1, 2026.>

(c)(1) Charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools shall report all unexcused absences directly to the department annually through the Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS).

(2) In addition to the reporting requirements under paragraph (1), cyber charter schools shall submit information related to the completion of the weekly benchmarks established under subsection (a.1)(3) annually through PIMS and the department shall post the information on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.

(3) For students who have been found to be truant or habitually truant, cyber charter schools shall report the information required under paragraphs (1) and (2) directly to the department monthly through PIMS.

1  24 P.S. § 13-1333.2.
2  24 P.S. § 13-1333.1.
3  24 P.S. § 13-1333.3.
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