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Shapiro administration awards more than $1.4 million in grants to grow Pennsylvania’s special educator workforce

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) awarded more than $1.4 million to 77 school entities to grow the commonwealth’s next generation of special educators. Click here for full article. Source:… Read More

Pittsburgh-area school districts react to $1.1 billion education funding boost in state budget

Pennsylvania lawmakers bolstered K-12 funding by $1.1 billion in the 2024-25 budget, seemingly a response to last year’s court ruling deeming the state’s education funding system unconstitutional. But advocates say… Read More

Lockable cell phone pouches and police training. Here’s what PA schools can pay for under state grant

Pennsylvania schools will be able to purchase lockable cell phone pouches under a state grant program aimed at improving mental health and school safety. Click here for full article. (Subscription… Read More

Budget sends $500M more to PA’s poorest schools, falling short of what some say is needed

After weeks of tense, secretive negotiations on Pennsylvania’s budget, the legislature has approved a $47.6 billion spending deal that falls short of the investment in public schools Democrats first proposed… Read More

Pennsylvania lawmakers pass nearly $48 billion budget almost two weeks late

Pennsylvania lawmakers ground through a flurry of votes Thursday to approve a budget deal, nearly two weeks into the new fiscal year after being slowed by disagreements during closed-door negotiations… Read More

Pennsylvania Governor signs state budget

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the state budget deal late Thursday night saying the deal was a compromise by both sides of the divided legislature. The main bill of the… Read More

One week late, PA lawmakers are in the ‘red zone’ of finalizing the state budget — and creating a new funding system

Lawmakers in the state Capitol are finalizing the details of a new way to fund public education and nearing a budget deal, a week after the deadline to approve a… Read More

PA budget talks continue into the weekend

The June 30 deadline for Pennsylvania’s 2025 budget has come and gone without a funding deal, again. But despite staying mostly mum on details, all sides — the governor’s office,… Read More

The Pennsylvania budget is due June 30. These issues could be sticking points

Questions about education, income tax and recreational vice remain unresolved as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget proposal approaches the June 30 deadline. Click here for full article. Public Opinion/USA Today,… Read More

PA schools will now be required to hold a moment of silence on the anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill into law Monday that instructs the Pennsylvania Department of Education to mandate the moment of silence and identify a model curriculum for teaching students… Read More