PRESS RELEASE: PA House Democrats Hold Disingenuous Public Hearing Attacking Public Charter Schools
HARRISBURG (April 4, 2022) – The Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee held a public hearing today on alleged impacts of charter schools on rising property taxes. The hearing was hosted by Rep. Mary Isaacson, Vice Chair of the Policy Committee, an outspoken opposer of charter schools and school choice. “This...
PRESS RELEASE: Independent Agency Greenlights Wolf’s Charter School Regulation
HARRISBURG (March 21, 2022) – Today the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) voted 3 to 2 to approve the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Final-Form Regulation # 6-349: Charter Schools and Cyber Charter Schools. We knew this was a David versus Goliath battle and that the voting record of the...
PCPCS Statement to IRRC on PDE Final-Form Charter School Regulation
Good morning, Chairman Bedwick and Honorable Commissioners. My name is Jennifer Arevalo and I am the CEO at the Souderton Charter School Collaborative. On behalf of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, as well as the close to 170,000 public charter students across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, thank you...
Coalition’s Comments to Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) asking for IRRC to disapprove of PDE’s Charter School regulation
Final-form regulation here. Coalition's comments here.
Current Job Opening at the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools: Chief Executive Officer (*no longer accepting applications as of 3/11/22)
Please see the attached job description for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools (PCPCS). If you have any interest or questions or would like to submit an application, please send to Robert Lysek, PCPCS Board President, at blysek@ee-schools.org.
PRESS RELEASE: Gov. Wolf’s Budget touts Fairness and Equitable Investments in K-12 Education. But Ask PA Public Charter School Students and They’ll Say: It’s Anything But Fair and Equitable.
Schools for 170,000 kids would be slashed $373 million under the guise of “saving districts money” HARRISBURG (Feb. 8, 2022) - Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has cut a lot out of the lives of Pennsylvania schoolchildren. It has cut out weeks of in-person instruction. It has cut out...
