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For Immediate
Release
5/6/08
Contact:
Cheryl Schriner
(717) 787-5839
Bill Allowing Children of Military Personnel to
Enroll in PA Cyber Schools Approved by Committee
Current law
prevents children of parents called to out-of-state active military duty from
enrolling.
Harrisburg – Legislation sponsored by state Sen. John Pippy (R-37) to allow
children of military personnel to enroll in a Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
was approved by the Senate Education Committee today.
The committee, chaired by Sen. James Rhoades (R-29), approved Senate Bill
1281, which allows a child whose parents have been called or ordered to active
military duty to enroll in a Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. Presently,
Pippy said, if a military family is stationed in another state and owns a
residence in Pennsylvania their child is not eligible to attend a cyber charter
school.
The legislation designates that if a child's parents own a residence in the
school district that child will be considered a resident of the district.
"There are 20,000 students enrolled in cyber charter schools throughout
Pennsylvania, but I was surprised to hear from a military family in Allegheny
County who was told they couldn't enroll," said Pippy. "The father was in the
Air Force and stationed in another state, and the law prevented them from
enrolling their children in a cyber charter school. That's the last thing you
want to do to a family that is already sacrificing so much, and passage of this
bipartisan legislation will remove this obstacle."
"If the parents have a residence in Pennsylvania and pay property taxes for
support of Pennsylvania schools, they should be entitled to a Pennsylvania
public education for their children," said Dr. Nick Trombetta, CEO of the
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. "Senate Bill 1281 will correct this
situation. The sacrifices our military families make in the service of our
country should not include their children's education."
Senate Bill 1281 was sent to the full Senate for consideration.
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