Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pennsylvania House Bill HB2293

Introduced

3/18/26

Refer

3/18/26

Caption

In charter schools, further providing for enrollment.

Summary

HB2293 would amend the Pennsylvania Public School Code to prohibit enrollment caps or other enrollment limits on students attending charter schools and cyber charter schools. The bill removes language that currently allows such limits if agreed to in a written charter, and it specifies that no past or future action by a school board, board of control, special board of control, or other governing authority may impose a cap. It also clarifies that the term “governing authority” includes the Department of Education. The bill further provides that any enrollment cap or limitation already in place on the effective date of the act would be void. If enacted, the measure would take effect in 60 days and would immediately affect existing charter and cyber charter enrollment restrictions across the Commonwealth.

Impact

HB2293 would change Section 1723-A(d)(1) of the Public School Code of 1949 by eliminating the ability of school districts and other governing authorities to limit charter school and cyber charter school enrollment. This would likely increase charter and cyber charter access for students and reduce local control over enrollment management. It would also invalidate any current enrollment caps in place when the act takes effect, affecting school districts, charter schools, cyber charter schools, and the Department of Education.

Sentiment

Based on the bill text and available context, the measure appears to be strongly supportive of charter school expansion and student enrollment access. The introduction by multiple Republican legislators suggests a favorable stance toward removing enrollment restrictions. No committee debate or recorded votes are provided, so there is no direct evidence of opposition or support beyond the bill’s sponsors and its substantive policy direction.

Contention

The central point of contention is likely the removal of local and administrative authority to cap charter and cyber charter enrollment. Supporters would view the bill as preventing arbitrary limits and expanding parental and student choice, while opponents may argue it undermines school district control, planning, and fiscal management. The explicit inclusion of the Department of Education as a governing authority also suggests the bill is designed to prevent state-level restrictions, which could be a further source of dispute.

Latest PA HB2293 Activity

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Companion Bills

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Previously Filed As

PA HB495

In charter schools, further providing for enrollment.

PA SB934

In cyber charter schools, further providing for enrollment and notification.

PA SB799

In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools.

PA HB2358

In charter schools, further providing for funding for cyber charter schools.

PA HB1372

In preliminary provisions, further providing for advertising and sponsorships; and, in charter scho ols, further providing for definitions, for charter school requirements, for powers of board of trustees, for facilities, for enrollment, for funding for charter schools, for funding for cyber charter schools, for powers and duties of department, for assessment and evaluation and for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, providing for fund balance limits and for educational management service providers, further providing for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities and for establishment of cyber charter school, providing for renewal of charters, for charter amendments and for causes for nonrenewal, revocation or termination and further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board review, for cyber charter school application, for enrollment and notification and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.

PA HB2424

In charter schools, further providing for funding for charter schools.

PA HB1864

In charter schools, further providing for enrollee wellness checks.

PA SB927

In charter schools, further providing for enrollee wellness checks.

PA HB1500

In preliminary provisions, providing for Cyber Charter School Funding and Policy Council and furthe r providing for advertising and sponsorships; in pupils and attendance, further providing for exceptional children and education and training; in charter schools, further providing for definitions, for funding for cyber charter schools, for powers and duties of department and for assessment and evaluation, providing for fund balance limits, further providing for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions, providing for cyber charter school fund balance accountability, further providing for establishment of cyber charter school, for cyber charter school application, for enrollment and notification, for enrollee wellness checks and for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations and providing for cyber charter school moratorium; and, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for extraordinary special education program expenses.

PA HB2197

In pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools.

Similar Bills

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