The majority of Pennsylvania public schools are headed over a fiscal cliff in the next five years. Although many have lauded the $210 million increase in education funding in the… Read More
As Pennsylvania lawmakers finalized this year’s budget, a flurry of hotly-debated education proposals have been decided. Full Story
The state House on Tuesday moved forward with a $34 billion general spending plan for the state. The House passed a general appropriations bill with a 140-62 vote, sending it… Read More
The legislature was busy this week, moving forward with the 2019-20 state budget and all the related pieces of policy, and while there are several items that still have to… Read More
Pennsylvania lawmakers say they’ll authorize a second year of school and community security grants, a $60 million program. Associated Press, June 25, 2019 Full story
Gov. Tom Wolf has nominated Secretary Pedro Rivera to be reappointed to his post as head of the Department of Education, which sets policy for Pennsylvania’s 500 public school districts,… Read More
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives passed the main bill in a just-unveiled $34 billion compromise budget plan on Tuesday, despite hard criticism by rank-and-file Democrats that included a floor fight over… Read More
State lawmakers said they have struck a compromise on a spending plan that uses surplus dollars to spread around modest spending increases, hold the line on taxes and make a… Read More
Pennsylvania lawmakers say they’ll authorize a second year of school and community security grants, a $60 million program spurred by last year’s Florida school shooting that killed 17 people. Full… Read More
Despite its lukewarm reception from Republicans, Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to give thousands of Pennsylvania teachers a pay raise may still find a place in the budget legislation expected to… Read More