Mr. Flemming,
Under Current law the following applies for compulsory attendance regarding charter schools :
Compulsory Attendance
Charter
schools must report to the student’s school district of residence when a
student has accrued 3 or more days of unexcused absences. It is the
responsibility of the school
district to enforce the compulsory attendance laws in accordance with
the Public School Code.
A student
does have the option of no longer attending a charter school, at that
point the school district of residence would be responsible for the
education of that child.
So technically if a student stops attending a charter school, the
charter school must notify the school district of residence of the
withdrawal of that student, and no further requirements are placed on
the charter school for enforcing truancy proceedings.
Charter schools must provide school districts with the PDE Charter
School Student Enrollment Notification Form for each district student
enrolled in the charter school within 15 days of the student’s
enrollment and must notify the school district within 15
days of a student’s withdrawal.
Rep.
Roebuck put a proposal in to change the law to require charter schools,
to include cyber charter schools to enforce the compulsory attendance
laws for the students enrolled
in charter and cyber charter schools, rather than simply un-enrolling
them from charter schools and placing the ownist on the school district
of residence for enforcing the law. This proposal is contained in
HB1657.
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