When City Charter High School invited state police to do a safety inspection of the building downtown, the agency recommended adding bullet-proof glass at the entrance for extra security. Click… Read More
School districts across York County and beyond are awaiting repayments for construction and renovation projects through the state reimbursement system PlanCon, but this year’s stalled budget has set aside no… Read More
This week, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced a plan to dramatically increase education funding. But heading into 2016-2017 budget negotiations with the current budget still unfinished has created a funding… Read More
The PA Principals Association and the PA School Study Council (PSSC) co-sponsored a webinar titled, “A Conversation with Matt Stem, Deputy Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education” on Thursday, Feb…. Read More
As the Salisbury Township SD (Lehigh Co.) struggles to close a nearly $1.1 million budget gap and hold down a likely tax increase for 2016-17, a school director complained about… Read More
Pennsylvania now faces a $2 billion budget deficit. That’s not a Democratic fact or a Republican fact — it’s just a fact, and it’s supported by Standard and Poor’s, an independent… Read More
A new report, HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION: Serving Pennsylvania’s Student and Workforce Needs, was recently released. It focuses on and organizes recommendations around several broad issues that are fundamental… Read More
As Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled General Assembly continue to squabble over a 2015-16 budget that is 226 days past due, many Valley school districts are operating with… Read More
Each year, superintendents and business managers across Pennsylvania anxiously await the governor’s budget address. Click here for full article. Source: The Express-Times, Feb. 10, 2016.
Gov. Tom Wolf’s new budget assumes he and Republicans can agree on a spending plan for the current year, finally reaching an elusive compromise that packages long-stalled conservative aims to… Read More