After a 10-month state budget stalemate, school districts across the state will start to receive millions of dollars in additional state funding. Governor Tom Wolf allowed the bill to go… Read More
The chairman of the state House Appropriations Committee said Monday he believes Pennsylvania’s 2016-17 budget can be balanced without an increase in the state’s personal income or state sales taxes.Click… Read More
A handful of counselors work with Hazleton Area School District students who are at a vulnerable age for drug experimentation at a time when abuse has become an epidemic. Click here… Read More
Join the Pennsylvania Principals Association for its second annual Principals’ Lobby Day at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21 at The Capitol in Harrisburg. A rally will be held in… Read More
A final piece of Pennsylvania state budget-related legislation will become law, nearly 10 months after it was due and about two months before the next fiscal year begins. Click here… Read More
Pennsylvania health leaders are rolling out a plan this month aimed at supplying all high schools with naloxone, a drug that if administered quickly enough, can reverse a potentially fatal… Read More
When a transgender girl graduated in white gown from Springfield Township High School, her parents made an unusual request for two diplomas: one for her, with her new female name,… Read More
The Legislature will begin voting on the 2016-17 fiscal year budget in two weeks, according to a letter sent Wednesday by Bill Adolph, R-Delaware, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee…. Read More
The cash-strapped SD of Philadelphia is not as strapped as in recent years — due in part to unfilled teaching positions — and expects to end the current fiscal year… Read More
Article III, Subsection B, Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution states, “The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public education… Read More