Principals Support the Every Student Succeeds Act
Important Message from NAESP and NASSP: We are at a critical point in the legislative process. Now it is more important than ever that school leaders reach out to their… Read More
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State Budget Update: ‘We Have A Lot of Tough Decisions to Make Over the Next Week,’ Reed Says
It appears the state House is ready to start the process of ending the five-month-old state budget impasse that has interrupted money from flowing to school districts, human service agencies… Read More
Few Details as PA Budget Impasse Lingers
Pennsylvania’s budget impasse entered its sixth month Tuesday, with scant new details about what shape a final deal might take. Click here for full article. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec…. Read More
How Schools Would be Judged Under ‘Every Student Succeeds,’ the New No Child Left Behind
Federal lawmakers on Monday released the final text of a compromise bill to rewrite No Child Left Behind, including closely watched language outlining how the nation’s K-12 schools would be… Read More
Campaign for Fair Education Funding Call to Action and Event
The budget impasse has entered its sixth month and while there isn’t a crystal ball for the framework of a final agreement, the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (CFEF) is… Read More
Handbook for Secure Test Administration
PDE’s newly-developed Handbook for Secure Test Administration is now available on the PDE website (Keystone Exams – Administration Materials or PSSA- Other Materials – Test Administration Materials). It is also… Read More
PA Budget this Week Seems Unlikely
Talks between Gov. Tom Wolf and top lawmakers continued Monday as the Thanksgiving break ended, but there was scant detail and a lot of silence about how they intended to… Read More
How to Close a Budget Deficit?: PA Talks May Be Turning to Erasing Some Longstanding Sales Tax Exemp
When Pennsylvania lawmakers return to the Capitol this week they may be asked to end some longstanding exemptions to the state’s 6% sales tax in order to help balance a… Read More
William Penn SD Feeling Effects of Pennsylvania Budget Impasse
Money is getting tighter by the day for the William Penn SD. Click here for full article. Source: Delaware County Daily Times, Nov. 30, 2015.
PA Budget Negotiations Head into Home Stretch After Another Temporary Disruption to Budget Framework
The “framework” is back on. After a significant bump in the road that led to short-lived threats of a veto override attempt Tuesday afternoon, Republican legislative leaders emerged from a meeting… Read More