The bill: Teachers returning to Pennsylvania with inactive teaching licenses and those with out-of-state licenses often have to jump over unneeded hurdles in order to re-apply or apply for teacher… Read More
Local legislators are optimistic a state budget impasse can be avoided this year. Click here for full article. Source: Erie Times-News, May 22, 2016.
Pick your favorite issue or cause in Pennsylvania: public education, services for the poor, tax breaks for businesses. Click here for full article. Source: WHYY Keystone Crossroads, May 19, 2016.
The Pennsylvania Youth Congress, a statewide LGBT youth advocacy organization, on Friday sent a model policy for supporting transgender and gender-expansive students to the 50 largest school districts in the… Read More
Last week the state Senate, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 49-1, passed H.B. 1552, which would make the Basic Education Funding Commission’s fair funding formula permanent. House Bill 1552… Read More
Fewer students would receive free and reduced-price meals at school under legislation that Republicans pushed through a House committee Wednesday.” Click here for full article. Source: Associated Press, May… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education says it will no longer take the reins on the end-of-the-year reconciliation process — a move that would leave charter schools and public school districts… Read More
Click here for an infographic that demonstrates the importance of high-quality pre-K in Pennsylvania.
In recent weeks two Philadelphia suburban school districts adopted comprehensive policies addressing the rights of transgender students. Click here for full article. Source: PennLive.com, May 17, 2016.
Democratic state Rep. James Roebuck of Philadelphia argues for the need to reform Pennsylvania’s 20-year-old charter school law, which state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has called the worst in the… Read More