Thursday is the deadline for Pennsylvania K-12 students to request a grade repeat and, locally, few have done so.

Gov. Tom Wolf signed Act 66 on June 30 allowing for any K-12 student to repeat a grade this school year to make up for education gaps stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’ve only had one request so far,” Lehighton Superintendent Jonathan Cleaver said on Wednesday. “We’ve had the form posted on our website, but in talking to other districts, I don’t think they have seen a lot of requests either.”

Jim Thorpe Area School District Superintendent John Rushefski said JT has also had just one family inform the district they would like their child to repeat a grade.

Districts are required to honor any requests that come in.

Act 66 also allows for students with disabilities who were enrolled during the 2020-21 school year and turned age 21 during the 2020-21 school year, or between the end of the 2020-21 school year and the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, to attend school this year and receive services described their most recent Individualized Education Program.

“At this point, we have not received any requests for a grade repeat,” Northern Lehigh Superintendent Matthew Link said in an email.

If parents miss the deadline for filing for retention, the Pennsylvania Department of Education website states, the school to discuss options for their child based on the school’s established policies and procedures.

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association said it was holding firm on its four year high school eligibility status, meaning student athletes could not use Act 66 to play another year of sports.