Chart: State cuts to Education Hurt Poor Schools the Most
State cuts to education disproportionately hurt poor school districts. Download this graphic and share on social media to spread the word about the impact…
Chart: Charter School Tuition Grows while Reimbursements Disappear
Download this chart to share on social media to show how Philadelphia charter school tuition continues to increase, while state reimbursement has disappeared. Source:…
Resource Center: Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding Commission
The Commission is a bipartisan group of 15 state officials who are tasked with developing and recommending a new formula for distributing state money…
Fact Sheet: PA’s Fair Funding Formula
In 2016, Pennsylvania enacted a formula to equitably distribute state education funding across school districts. This two-page document explains the basics of the formula.
Children First Testimony Regarding Charter Schools
Testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission: Charter School Applications – April 28, 2016. Click here Testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission: Charter…
State Education Policy
Funding Education in Pennsylvania PCCY fact sheet describing how schools are funded, what the Costing Out Study is and what a funding formula would…
Testimony to the Special Education Funding Commission
Testimony to the Special Education Funding Commission – Commonwealth’s methods of distributing state special education appropriations among the 500 school districts across the Commonwealth.…
Testimony to the House Democratic Policy Committee
PCCY testified before the House Democratic Policy Committee to outline the education funding crisis and call for a restoration of cuts made to schools…
State Education Budget
Three Years Later: Deep Cuts Persist with Strings Attached PCCY presentation shows little progress made to restore state funding cuts. As a result, poorer…
PCCY Letter to PA General Assembly
PCCY sent a letter to members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly urging them to adopt PCCY’s recommendations to improve the Governor’s budget on early…