Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-04-07/education/pa-education-funding-trial-date-set/a73835-1 April 7, 2021 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania ranks 44th in the nation for the amount of school funding that comes from the state, at only 38%. (Drazen/Adobe Stock) … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-03-11/education/court-rules-parents-can-pursue-school-funding-suit/a73503-1 March 11, 2021 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Five parents and six Pennsylvania school districts are plaintiffs in the school funding lawsuit filed in 2014. (Andriy Blokhin/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. — … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): The Commonwealth Court has released a briefing and trial scheduling order for Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit, with the trial tentatively set to begin in summer 2020. Before the trial, all parties involved in the … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): The beginning of the school year coincides with good news for Pennsylvania’s public school students. On Tuesday, August 21, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court removed a major barrier that has kept the school funding lawsuit from … Continued
From the Education Law Center (http://www.elc-pa.org): Last week petitioners in Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit filed a brief and affidavits refuting the claim made by the Republican leader of the PA Senate, Joe Scarnati, that the lawsuit was rendered moot because … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-05-09/education/court-ruling-advances-school-funding-lawsuit/a62453-1 May 9, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The 2016 school funding formula only applies to funding increases, about 2 percent of the state education budget. (KokomoCole/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Last week Governor Tom Wolf stood with PA public schoolchildren who are being harmed by our state’s current school funding system. He filed a response in PA’s school funding lawsuit urging the court to … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-10-02/education/court-rules-pa-parents-can-challenge-state-education-funding/a59639-1 October 2, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The Pennsylvania Constitution requires “the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public education.” (stevepb/pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Public … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On Thursday, September 28th, the PA Supreme Court issued a landmark decision. It ordered the Commonwealth Court to hold a full trial on PA’s school funding lawsuit. The Court agreed with the plaintiffs that … Continued