How Lehigh Valley Educators Plan To Keep Kids Learning

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Many Lehigh Valley educators plan to send two weeks worth of classwork to students, including online/digital learning opportunities; and non-digital learning opportunities, such as materials being sent to homes. Local districts must provide access to learning for all...

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

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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

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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...

PA School Budget Increases Called Positive but Insufficient

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Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal includes more for schools, but education advocates say there’s still a long way to go. The proposed budget includes a package of initiatives that add up to $435 million more in classroom spending. But that won’t stop a...

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

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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)...

Push for school funding resumes in Capitol

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Calls for relief, a conversation and an increase in funding are dominated a discussion about schools at the rotunda. On Friday, dozens piled in for an event highlighting a recent study conducted by the PA Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) and the PA...

Bensalem School District to host forum on budget

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The Bensalem School District will host a forum on the district’s budget 7 p.m. Tuesday, featuring the director of a group that is fighting for more state money to go to public schools. The event will be held at the Bensalem High School North Wing Auditorium, 4319...