From POWER (http://www.powerinterfaith.org/): POWER has been working to increase the awareness of legislative leaders in Harrisburg about the widespread racial disparities in state education funding. For a long time, they would not even acknowledge that it was going on. But … Continued
Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/what-would-adequate-pennsylvania-budget-look-year Jun 15, 2017 05:55 pm | Marc Stier A really good budget for Pennsylvania would begin addressing our long-term public investment deficit. It would provide new funds to: eliminate our worst-in-the-nation inequality in K-12 school funding; expand … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Decisions PA legislators make in the upcoming weeks will have a lasting impact on PA’s public school students. From now until June 30th, when the state budget is due, lawmakers will be passing legislation … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Advancing the Betsy DeVos school privatization agenda has emerged as a top budget priority for PA House members, even though this will provide very little or no benefit to the communities many rural lawmakers represent. On … Continued
From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/): (Harrisburg, Pa.) – The Campaign for Fair Education issued the following statement on Governor Tom Wolf’s proposal to increase basic education funding by $100 million in his 2017-18 budget proposal: We appreciate … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-09-12/education/can-courts-determine-if-general-assembly-is-doing-its-job/a53994-1 September 12, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Plaintiffs say the General Assembly is not meeting its obligation to support public education. (alegri/4freephotos.com) PHILADELPHIA — At a hearing on Tuesday, … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On September 13, the PA Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the school funding lawsuit. The courtroom was packed with parents, advocates, faith leaders, school and elected officials, and community members from throughout the … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-02/education/advocates-heading-to-court-over-school-funding/a53341-2 August 2, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Schools in poor districts may lack basics such as adequate computer labs. (Tomasz_Mikolajczyk/pixabay.com) PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit claiming that state school funding … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/july/we-have-budget-2016-2017-what-does-it-mean-schools Jul 15, 2016 12:02 pm | Susan Spicka The 2016-2017 PA budget is now complete. Recently a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the PA House and Senate approved a revenue package and Governor Wolf signed it into law. But what does it … Continued
From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/): Add your voice to the growing number of Pennsylvanians who want lawmakers to fix the state’s broken school funding system, by sending a message to your state Senator and state Representative at … Continued