U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum pulled his five children out of a cyber charter school paid by Penn Hills School District in December 2004 after Penn Hills Progress reported he did not live in the community. He owns a home occupied by relatives.
The school district missed the deadline to object to Santorum's children's enrollment in the cyber charter school and was not reimbursed for $67,000 in expenses for his children's education from the 2001-2002 to 2003-2004 school years. The children were pulled out of the charter school before the district had to pay another $34,000 for the 2004-2005 tuition.
In August, the school board approved a policy to permit enrollment of students whose families have temporarily left the district.
The policy makes exceptions for parents in the armed forces, reserves and National Guard, elected or appointed federal government positions and non-voluntary assignments outside the state for humanitarian or emergency relief efforts.
The change was approved by a vote of 6-2. Board members Erin Vecchio and Jennifer Lundy voted against the policy. Lenny Gallo was absent from the meeting.
State Rep. Anthony DeLuca has proposed legislation that requires children to sleep 183 days of the year in their school district to be enrolled.
The bill was approved by the state House.
The Senate will need to approve it before it becomes law, which would supercede the district's policy."
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