Mandated: Fiscal pressures make nonmandated program cuts more tempting
About 67 percent of school districts statewide are in survival mode, according to Richard Fry, president of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and superintendent of Big Spring School District. Such districts tend to be driven by the strictest...
Skyrocketing special ed. costs falling heavily on Pa. school districts, taxpayers
Special education costs are rising much faster in Pennsylvania than state aid — causing local taxpayers to foot most of the bill, while also stretching school budgets thin and increasing inequities between rich and poor districts, according to a new report by a...
Harrisburg schools to remain in financial recovery; hope remains for York’s exit
Lindsay C. VanAsdalan, York Dispatch Published 1:24 p.m. ET July 10, 2018 Harrisburg School District — one of four Pennsylvania school districts, including York City, in financial recovery — will remain under state oversight for the time being. The district was the...