On July 8, 2022, Governor Tom Wolf signed Act 55 of 2022 into law.

This Act permits the following for the 2022-23 school year:

• A student with a disability who was enrolled during the 2021-22 school year and turned age 21 (either during the 2021-22 school year or between the end of the 2021-22 and the beginning of the 2022-23 school year) may attend a school entity during the 2022-23 school year and receive services as outlined in their most recent Individualized Education Program (IEP) with all the protections under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

To qualify for an additional year, a student had to be enrolled in one of the following school entities in Pennsylvania during the 2021-22 school year: a school district, intermediate unit, area career and technical school, charter school, cyber charter school, regional charter school, approved private school, or chartered school for the education of the deaf and blind.

Parents/guardians and students interested in the above option for the 2022-23 school year must submit this Act 55 of 2022 Student Enrollment Notification Form to the school entity that the student will attend in the 2022-23 school year on or before August 1, 2022. Do not submit the form to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).

INTERMEDIATE UNIT

Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22
Early Intervention Services
705 North Shady Retreat Road
Doylestown, PA 18901-2501
(215) 348-2940 or 1-800-770-4822

SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES

Bensalem Township School District
Dorothy D. Call Administrative Center
3000 Donallen Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
(215) 750-2800

Bristol Borough School District
450 Beaver Street
Bristol, PA 19007
(215) 781-1000

Bristol Township School District
6401 Mill Creek Road
Levittown, PA 19057-4014
(215) 943-3200

Centennial School District
433 Centennial Road
Warminster, PA 18974
(215) 441-6000

Central Bucks School District
20 Welden Drive
Doylestown, PA 18901
(267) 893-2000

Council Rock School District
30 N. Chancellor Street
Newtown, PA 18940
(215) 944-1000

Morrisville School District
West Palmer Street
Morrisville, PA 19067-2195
(215) 736-2681

Neshaminy School District
Office of Pupil Services
2001 Old Lincoln Highway
Langhorne, PA 19047
(215) 809-6588

New Hope-Solebury School District
180 W. Bridge Street
New Hope, PA 18938
(215) 862-2552

Palisades School District
39 Thomas Free Drive
Kintnersville, PA 18930
(610)-847-5131

Pennridge School District
1200 N. Fifth Street
Perkasie, PA 18944-2295
(215) 257-5011

Pennsbury School District
134 Yardley Avenue
Fallsington, PA 19058-0338
(215) 428-4100

Quakertown Community School District
District Services Center
100 Commerce Drive
Quakertown, PA 18951-1588
(215) 529-2000

CHARTER SCHOOLS

Bucks County Montessori School
219 Tyburn Road
Fairless Hills, PA 19030
(215) 547-5230

School Lane Charter School
2400 Bristol Pike
Bensalem, PA 19020
(215) 245-6055

Center for Student Learning
345 Lakeside Drive
Levittown, PA 19054
(215) 269-7390

The school entity or charter school will not discriminate in employment, educational programs, or activities based on race, color, national origin, age, sex, handicap, creed, marital status or because a person is a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. No preschool, elementary or secondary school pupil enrolled in a school district, Intermediate Unit, or charter school program shall be denied equal opportunity to participate in age and program appropriate instruction or activities due to race, color, handicap, creed, national origin, marital status or financial hardship.

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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."

• Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student's education records maintained by the school. Schools are not required to provide copies of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for parents or eligible students to review the records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.

• Parents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records which they believe to be inaccurate or misleading. If the school decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student then has the right to a formal hearing. After the hearing, if the school still decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student has the right to place a statement with the record setting forth his or her view about the contested information.

• Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student's education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):

  • School officials with legitimate educational interest;

  • Other schools to which a student is transferring;

  • Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes;

  • Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student;

  • Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school;

  • Accrediting organizations;

  • To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena; 

  • Appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies; and

  • State and local authorities, within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific State law.

Schools may disclose, without consent, "directory" information such as a student's name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose directory information about them. Schools must notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA. The actual means of notification (special letter, inclusion in a PTA bulletin, student handbook, or newspaper article) is left to the discretion of each school.

For additional information, you may call 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327) (voice). Individuals who use TDD may call 1-800-437-0833.

Or you may contact us at the following address:

Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-8520