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Are Pa. school districts paying too much for cyber charter students?

In Pennsylvania, cyber charter schools are funded at the same rate as brick-and-mortar charters. School districts and advocates say that needs to change.

Caleb McGough, 10, does schoolwork with his mother, Rebecca Penglase, at her dining room table Saturday, March 16, 2019. McGough is one of more than 34,000 Pennsylvania students who attend cyber charter schools, and he started school online after moving to Northeast Philadelphia because his mother feared he would be bullied as he was in his New Jersey elementary school.
Caleb McGough, 10, does schoolwork with his mother, Rebecca Penglase, at her dining room table Saturday, March 16, 2019. McGough is one of more than 34,000 Pennsylvania students who attend cyber charter schools, and he started school online after moving to Northeast Philadelphia because his mother feared he would be bullied as he was in his New Jersey elementary school.Read moreMARGO REED / Staff Photographer