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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Whereas: Whereas: Whereas: Pennsylvania authorized traditional charter schools with Act 22 of 1997, Pennsylvania Act 88 of 2002 permitted cyber charter schools, A study by the Commonwealth’s former Auditor General made several key observations and recommendations to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, including that Pennsylvania has overpaid charter schools because its formula is pegged to educational costs in the sending school district rather than on the actual educational cost to the charter or cyber charter school, A Bill to Correct Charter School Funding Errors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Therefore be it Resolved: That the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1) Correct the charter/cyber funding formula based on existing state models that have proven to be more equitable, and develop a statewide brick-and-mortar charter school funding rate and a statewide cyber school funding rate; 2) Develop a charter school funding model that avoids double-dipping of commonwealth retirement contributions to state funded programs such as the Public School Employees’ Retirement System; and 3) Develop limits on the fees management companies can charge to save on excessive administrative costs to run charter and cyber schools. Respectfully submitted, William Tennent High School

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