Fact sheets: state funding not keeping up with rising education costs

news, regional news, southwest, statewide news

Rising mandated costs are a growing problem for Pennsylvania school districts and funding from the state is not keeping up with costs, according to new 2020 school district fact sheets. The fact sheets — which provide information on state and local funding of public...

PA must invest in Career and Technical Education

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Mr. Gustavo Perea highlighted in a recent opinion piece (“Career and Technical Education supports our economy. We should support it.” Feb. 21, 2020) the critical work of institutions like Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, Eastern Center for Arts and Technology and...

Schools are struggling to keep up with rising costs

news, statewide news

The concerns outlined in the recent article, “West Perry worries over special education costs” are indicative of anxieties that administrators and school board directors across the state are feeling this time of year. Increases in mandated expenses for school...

Career and Technical Education supports our economy. We should support it.

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Policymakers understand the value of career and technical education. They invested in CTE over the last two state budget cycles. Unfortunately, the governor’s 2020-21 budget proposal does not include increased investments. February is Career and Technical Education...

Legislature Must Approve the Full Investment for Public Schools Proposed in Governor Wolf’s Budget

news, press releases

Statewide School Funding Coalition Calls for $405 Million Increase for What Students Need  HARRISBURG, PA (February 4, 2020) — PA Schools Work, a nonpartisan statewide movement working to make sure public schools are equitably and fully funded, issued the...

School officials from across Pennsylvania push for state to address special education, charter school funding

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State school districts are struggling because of increases in special education and charter school costs, a group of school business professionals and superintendents said at a news conference Friday. The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO)...