Yeadon, PA (August 18, 2015) – With just a few weeks remaining before the start of the new school year, Delaware County school district Superintendents and school officials called on the state to pass a new budget and restore cuts to Pennsylvania’s 500 school...
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School Officials Voice Concern Over Lack Of State Budget As Summer Break Winds Down – CBS Philly – August 18, 2015
Summer vacation is almost over for students across the Delaware Valley. But as schools get ready to open their doors, there is still no budget from Harrisburg. That has some district officials in Delaware County calling on state lawmakers to get their act together....
Delco educators fear effects of state budget standoff – Delaware County Daily Times – August 18, 2015
Representatives of five of Delaware County’s 15 school districts participated in a press conference staged Tuesday morning by Public Citizens for Children and Youth outside Ardmore Avenue Elementary School in Lansdowne to express concern over the budget standoff...
School officials slam Pa. budget stalemate – Philadelphia Inquirer – August 18, 2015
Standing alongside school officials from across Delaware County on Tuesday, William Penn school board member Rafi Cave implored his audience to imagine planning days without any concept of a budget. "Think of your household, and having to pay bills before you even...
Sen. Hughes: No state budget without increased education funding – The Philadelphia Inquirer – August 13, 2015
Laying down a position from which top Democrats will not back away, State Sen. Vincent Hughes said Thursday there would be no Pennsylvania budget without a Marcellus Shale tax and millions of dollars in new education spending. Heading into a second straight day of...
Bad News from Moody’s for PA Schools
“Pennsylvania school districts now make up 20 percent of the agency's junk bond ratings,” according to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Last week, Moody’s, the nation’s leading credit rating agency, downgraded to junk status the credit ratings of three school districts...
PA Budget is Not a Guessing Game
LESS IS LESS Numbers don’t lie. Governor Wolf’s proposed budget would invest an additional $410 million in schools, with over $44 million coming to suburban districts in Southeast PA. The budget passed by the legislature and vetoed by the Governor underfunds Southeast...
Jim Kenney: “Arts and Culture are a Tremendous Part of a Person’s Development.” – Jump, The Philly Music Project – August 4, 2015
In May, former city councilman Jim Kenney won the Democratic primary to become the party’s nominee for mayor in the November general election. In a town where registered Democratic voters outnumber registered Republicans 7-to-1, Kenney is all but guaranteed to become...
PA Budget Not a Guessing Game
LESS IS LESS Numbers don’t lie. Governor Wolf’s proposed budget would invest an additional $410 million in schools, with over $44 million coming to suburban districts in Southeast PA. The budget passed by the legislature and vetoed by the Governor underfunds Southeast...
Gov. Wolf stumps for school funding in Phoenixville – The Mercury News – July 28, 2015
Pennsylvania’s budget battle moved to Phoenixville Area Middle School Tuesday with Gov. Tom Wolf touting the benefits of his budget plan and a local Republican state legislator taking aim at Wolf’s claims. With the state budget impasse now stretching into its fourth...