Cyber School Tuition Criticized as Unfair
A festering dispute over the state’s 13 cyber schools, their funding and students’ sagging test scores is reigniting in Harrisburg. Click here for full article. Source: New Castle News, July… Read More
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State Lawmakers Address Substitute Teacher Shortage
Easing the shortage of substitute teachers in Pennsylvania is the focus of legislation now before the state House of Representatives. Click here for full article. Source: WITF.org, July 10, 2016.
Gov. Tom Wolf Acts to Protect Bipartisan Budget, but Raises New Questions in the Process
Gov. Tom Wolf offered a form of budget peace Sunday night, but he also raised questions in the process about whether the path he’s declared for himself meets black-letter legal… Read More
Advocates: PA Schools Can’t Take Another Budget Delay
With little news of progress on the 2017 state budget coming out of Harrisburg, school advocates around the commonwealth are crossing their fingers a resolution comes soon. If not, Steve Robinson,… Read More
Clock Ticks Down to Another Budget Decision Day for Wolf
The clock keeps ticking toward decision day for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on budget legislation that’s only partially funded. Click here for full article. Source: Associated Press, July 7, 2016.
Editorial: Taxpayers Feel Stalemate Pain
As the state Legislature blithely adjourned last week without providing funding for a 2016-17 budget, taxpayers already were guaranteed more pain from the last budget stalemate. Click here for full… Read More
One Holiday Weekend Later, it’s Back to the Drawing Board in Pennsylvania Tax Talks
Negotiators got back to the hard business of trying to close out a negotiated, election-year package of tax and revenue increases at the state Capitol Tuesday, with an eye toward… Read More
PA Legislature Still Stuck on Spending Bill
After a day of closed-door negotiations, party leaders seem no closer to a state budget agreement than they were when they left the Capitol last Friday. Click here for full… Read More
Budget Talks Enter New Week with No News of a Deal on Taxes
Negotiators reported no agreement on financing state government’s $31.5 billion budget plan as top lawmakers met privately and apparently fruitlessly Tuesday in the quiet state Capitol five days into the… Read More
Editorial: Proposed Charter Reform – Cloudy with a Chance of Crisis
The forecast for education in Pennsylvania is never sunny, but lately a number of troubling storm systems have appeared on the horizon. And, as usual, Philadelphia is set to bear… Read More