Editorial: What Will Blow Up the Budget? One Word – ‘Pensions’
…is all that it took last week to raise the specter of the disruptions of Commonwealth funding crises of the past. Click here for editorial. Source: Pennlive.com, June 21, 2015….
…is all that it took last week to raise the specter of the disruptions of Commonwealth funding crises of the past. Click here for editorial. Source: Pennlive.com, June 21, 2015….
…interest payments associated with their need to borrow money while waiting on state funding. Click here for full article. Source: Pennlive.com, Aug. 19, 2015; PSBA Daily Edition, Aug. 20, 2015….
The Basic Education Funding Commission, created through Act 51 of 2014, released its long-awaited report on a new formula for distributing basic education funding to Pennsylvania schools today. Click on…
…amendment drafted by House Education Committee Chairman Stan Saylor, R-Red Lion, left the bill’s immediate future anything but a slam dunk, as supporters try to rally the votes needed for…
…with students or prospective students who are less than 16 years old. Click here for the article. Source: Pennlive.com, By PennLive staff and wire reports, June 17, 2015 at 7:22 PM….
…one-time revenue sources tapped this fiscal year, plus major mandated costs looming for the next. Click here for article. Source: Pennlive.com, June 15, 2015; PSBA Daily Edition, June 16, 2015….
The Senate Education Committee moved a bill Tuesday that would delay the use of the Keystone Exams as a graduation requirement and project-based assessment until 2018-2019. “Changes will need to be made to the graduation…
The Pennsylvania House’s State Government Committee held the first of two days of scheduled hearings on the Senate-authored public employee pension reform bill Tuesday. The sessions are significant mostly because there…
…to support it, GOP leaders from both legislative chambers met behind closed doors at the budget table with the governor. Click here for full article Sources: Pennlive.com, June 2, 2015;…
…for a new round of reforms to the state’s major public employee pension plans. Click here for full article. Source: Pennlive.com, Aug. 19, 2015; PSBA Daily Edition, Aug. 20, 2015….