Pension reform awaits Wolf signature
Lawmakers have sent the governor a pension reform bill that outside experts have described as the most impactful reform to a public pension taken by any state in the nation…. Read More
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School districts reaching a ‘tipping point’ on being able to deliver quality education
The bleak picture painted by a recent statewide survey on the 2017-18 school district budget outlook looks a lot like ones produced from the same survey done in the past… Read More
Budget crunch: PA faces possible $3 billion shortfall
It’s budget crunch time in the Pennsylvania Capitol, and the state treasurer and auditor general ratcheted up the normal yearly pressure Wednesday with a warning: The state’s strapped. Philadelphia Inquirer,… Read More
How Pennsylvania school districts are trying to balance the books for next year: By slashing staff,
As Pennsylvania’s school districts prepare to approve final budgets for the 2017-18 school year, many have confronted the need to raise taxes and make cuts to personnel or programs “just… Read More
Push to eliminate PA property taxes would have major implications for schools, prioritizing homeowne
A telecom technician by trade, Schuylkill County homeowner Ron Boltz is not your typical suit-and-tie Harrisburg lobbyist. He’s a self-taught policy wonk burning endless vacation days in an effort to convince… Read More
Join the PA Principals for PRINCIPAL ADVOCACY DAY 2017
The PA Principals Association is holding its second annual Principal Advocacy Day at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 19, 2017 at The Capitol in Harrisburg, PA. Once again, a rally… Read More
Pennsylvania Senate backs hybrid pension plan
A Senate panel voted Sunday night to change pension benefits for all new school employees and most state workers after 2018. The state Senate voted today on a bill to… Read More
Pa. legislators move to overhaul public employee pensions
The Republican-controlled legislature is racing to send Gov. Wolf a long-sought bill by week’s end that would overhaul retirement benefits in Pennsylvania’s two debt-riddled public pension plans. The Senate approved… Read More
New pension plan being pushed by Senate appears to do less than their last pension bill
But the numbers that appear to matter are the votes legislative leaders expect it will get in the General Assembly. HARRISBURG (June 4) – During a rare Sunday evening session… Read More
Pennsylvania’s public sector unions have called a strategic retreat on pension bill
One of the oddities of this week’s public employee pensions debate is how so many of the state’s major public sector unions are sitting it out. They have, after all, reliably opposed… Read More