In Pennsylvania, the State Senate is considering legislation also meant to protect students: Allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons on school grounds. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 12, 2017 Full story
On behalf of school leaders and educators across the state, we request your opposition to Senate Bill 592 and Senate Bill 168. While these proposals were drafted in the spirit… Read More
Ten-year-old Chelsea Mungo was blunt about the conditions at her school when she recently wrote a letter to State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D., Phila.), pleading for more equality in the… Read More
Cyber charter schools are meant to be an accessible alternative to traditional schooling, but one state senator wants to make them a privilege that can be revoked at any time…. Read More
Governor Tom Wolf today voiced his support for House Bill 1190, which proposes a school-based substance abuse prevention and intervention program for all students in kindergarten through grade 12. WPMT… Read More
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
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
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
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
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