southeast
Much has been made of the inequities built into the state’s system of education funding. It has gotten so bad that a group of parents, headed by a family in the William Penn School District, has taken the state to court, looking for the opportunity to argue that the...
southeast
by Meghan Bobrowsky, Staff Writer Property owners in the Upper Darby School District — where local tax rates already are among the highest in the region — will pay even more starting July 1. With officials warning of a potentially dire financial situation and...
southeast
By Kathleen E. Carey, Delaware County Daily Times The issue of how to appropriately fund education has been a decades-long conundrum that has seen well-attended school board meetings, lawsuits, rallies and even doses of frustration shared by all sides of the debate....
lehigh
Nearly half of the spending increase is to feed the pension fund Written by David Mekeel The numbers look good, but they only tell part of the story. Education was by far the biggest winner in the 2018-19 state budget passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Tom...
statewide news
By Jan Murphy jmurphy@pennlive.com The proposed 2018-19 state budget that increases education spending from preschool to higher education and requires no increase taxes or fees easily passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. The 188-10 vote to pass the...
