In the wake of last year’s protracted budget impasse, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are considering the virtues of a two-year budget cycle. Click here for full article. Source: PennLive.com,… Read More
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale issued a scathing report damning the state charter law Tuesday, and he blamed many of the SD of Philadelphia’s fiscal woes on state lawmakers who… Read More
Join NAESP and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS-SDE) for a joint webinar, “The Nuts and Bolts of ESSA: What Principals Need to… Read More
The election for Regional Representatives on the Pennsylvania Principals Association Board of Directors ended on Monday, April 11, 2016. Vote-Now has certified the results and forwarded them to the association…. Read More
After campaigning to restore the education cuts made by his predecessor and engaging in a futile nine month budgetary stalemate with the Republican-controlled legislature, Gov. Tom is now supporting an… Read More
Taxpayers in Monroe and Northampton counties are painfully familiar with the effects of unfair and inequitable state education funding. Click here for full article. Source: Express-Times, April 11, 2016.
Legislation to encourage public schools to post the national motto, “In God We Trust,” inside their buildings is once again on the move in the state House. Click here for… Read More
Proposed revisions to Chapter 11, Section 11.20 (related to non-immunized children) were published for public comment in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on April 9, 2016. Comments will be accepted for 30… Read More
School funding numbers have been released by the state, and while more money will be heading to local districts than what was received last year, it appears to be less… Read More
Governor Tom Wolf says he’s come up with a school funding formula, but GOP leaders are questioning the validity of the plan since the Governor’s veto of the fiscal code… Read More