- Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Office of Charter Schools
Data, Research, Evaluation & Assessment
Page Navigation
- Home
- Data Dashboards
- Office of Research and Evaluation
- Office of Assessment
-
Office of Charter Schools
- Academic Performance
- Board Meetings Calendar
- Board Minutes
- Budgets
- Charter Funding
- Charter School Complaint
- Charter School Enrollment
- Charter School Reform
- Charter School Required Federal Reporting Measures
- Contact
- Future Ready Index
- News and Articles
- PDE Annual Reports
- PVAAS
- Safe Schools Online
- School Performance Profiles
-
Schools
- City Charter High School
- Environmental Charter School at Frick Park
- Manchester Academic Charter School
- Passport Academy Charter School (Hill House)
- Propel Charter School - Hazelwood
- Propel Charter School - Northside
- Provident Charter School
- The New Academy Charter School
- Urban Academy of Pittsburgh Charter School
- Urban Pathways 6-12 Charter School
- Urban Pathways K-5 College Charter School
- Special Education at Charter Schools

ACT 16 OF 2000
-
Act 16 of 2000 (Act 16), in part, amended section 1372 of the Publc School Code of 1949 and requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to annually compile information listing the number of students with disabilities for which expenditures are between $27,303.08 and $54,606.16 (Category 2), between $54,606.17 and $81,909.25 (Category 3A), and over $81,909.25 (Category 3B) for the prior school year.
Act 55 of 2022 (Act 55) further amended section 1372 to require PDE include in the February 2023 report the number of students with disabilities for which expenditures are under $5,000 (Category 1A) and between $5,000 and $27,303.07 (Category 1B) for the prior school year.
Data submitted by charter school via the Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS) was used to generate the Legislative Report.
The data reported by the school districts and charter schools are each entiity's assessment of the individual cost of the delivery of special education services to each child in each category.
All 500 school districts and 176 charter schools submitted expenditure data for fiscal year 2021-2022.
In fiscal year (FY) 2021-2022, a total of 313,446 students received special education. The table below includes comparsion FY 2020-2021 and FY 2021-2022 data for students with disabilities.
Category
Cost Range
FY 2020-21
# of Eligible
Children
FY 2021-22
# of Eligible
Children
Change
1A
$1.00 - $4,999.99
Not Reported
74,844
74,844
1B
$5,000 - $27,303.07
Not Reported
255,759
255,759
2
$27,303.08 - $54,606.16
23,207
24,401
1,194
3A
$54,606.17 - $81,909.25
6,673
7,257
584
3B
Over $81,909.25
2,776
3,333
557
100% of charter schools reported in 2021-2022.
The table below shows the total number of charter school students in each expenditure category. The School District of Pittsburgh paid charter schools $42,569.95 for each special education student in 2021-2022. This table exemplifies the vast disparity between the monies charter schools receive to educate these students and the amount charter schools actually spend educating these students.
Charter School
Total # Special Education Students
Under $5,000
$5,000 - $27,303
$27,303 - $54,606
$54,606 - $81,909
OVER $81,909
Catalyst Academy
19
*
*
*
*
*
City Charter
114
*
120
11
*
*
Environmental
153
*
171
13
11
*
Manchester Academic
50
25
29
*
*
*
Passport Academy
30
*
54
*
*
*
Propel – Hazelwood
43
13
31
21
*
*
Propel – Northside
82
*
60
30
*
*
Provident
212
*
38
192
*
*
The New Academy
34
*
47
*
*
*
Urban Academy
43
*
60
*
*
*
Urban Pathways 6-12
82
23
64
*
*
*
Urban Pathways K-5
66
70
*
*
*
*
* - 10 or Less Students Reported