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 2022-23school 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 the Act 55 of 2022 Student Enrollment Notification Form on or before August 1, 2022. 

For the Keystone Oaks School District forms may be submitted electronically to [email protected] or printed and mailed to:

 Desiree Burns, Director of Special Education

 1000 Kelton Avenue

 Pittsburgh, PA  15216