National News: How would changes to ESSA’s Block Grant work?
The Every Student Succeeds Act may be less than two years old, but its funding provisions are already getting a makeover, at least temporarily, in a spending bill expected to be… Read More
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National News: Budget deal for 2017 includes increases for Title I, special education
Federal lawmakers have agreed to relatively small spending increases for Title I programs to districts and for special education, as part of a budget deal covering the rest of fiscal… Read More
Pennsylvania sees biggest budget shortfall since recession
Pennsylvania state government is heading into the 2017 budget season with its biggest revenue shortfall since the recession, leaving budget makers to address an unexpectedly large gap with just nine… Read More
Cumberland Valley School Board to take wait-and-see approach to gender identity policy
Cumberland Valley SD officials are taking a “wait and see” approach to adding gender identity and expression to its nondiscrimination policy, district solicitor Michael Cassidy said at Monday night’s school… Read More
Trump administration to roll back some school meal standards
The Trump administration is ready to roll back some nutrition standards for federally subsidized school meals, reversing elements of first lady Michelle Obama’s healthy eating initiative. Associated Press, May 1,… Read More
Access to Career and Technical Education
As you prepare for the 2017-18 school year, please ensure your local education agency is complying with the state’s statutes regarding access to career and technical education. As provided in… Read More
Panel discusses elimination of school property taxes
Senate Bill 76 calls for the elimination of school property taxes in the commonwealth. While it vows to match dollar-for-dollar funding through an imposed increase in personal income and sales… Read More
National News: Better-educated families less likely to choose PA cyber charters, study finds
As information about the academic struggles of Pennsylvania’s cyber charters has become more accessible, the full-time online schools have increasingly enrolled students from the state’s least-educated communities and most-disadvantaged school… Read More
PA lawmakers discuss education issues with Fox Chapel residents
“Right now the bill is dead,” state Sen. Randy Vulakovich, R-Shaler, told those who gathered last week at Fox Chapel Area High School to discuss state education issues with elected… Read More
Wolf to delegation: Consider harm to PA in federal spending bill
Proposed federal education cuts would take $443 million from Pennsylvania education programs, services and research, the Pennsylvania Department of Education estimates. Philadelphia Tribune-Review, April 27, 2017 Full story