A lengthy meeting between top Republican legislative leaders and Governor Corbett is over without a resolution of Philadelphia's school-funding crisis. Protesters chanted loudly in the Capitol corridors while leaders huddled privately to discuss a bill to authorize...
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Philadelphia School Advocates Carry Funding Demand To Harrisburg (Video) – CBS3 – August 4, 2014
Parents, teachers, students, and education advocates boarded two buses this morning in center city Philadelphia, heading to Harrisburg to urge action from lawmakers on stalled legislation needed to help fund Philadelphia schools. The point, organizers say, is that if...
Why Harrisburg Has Philly’s Public Schools By The Balls – Committee of 70 – August 4, 2014
n a rare show of agreement, just about everyone in Philly is fuming over the refusal of state lawmakers to authorize a $2-a-pack cigarette tax hike. The public schools have been counting on the money to fill a short-term $81 million annual budget gap. Busloads of...
Protesters Board Bus To Harrisburg To Protest Lack Of Approval For Cigarette Tax – WHYY Newsworks – August 4, 2014
Two buses of protesters left Philadelphia for Harrisburg this morning to push for a cigarette tax and more education funding. The protesters were from every part of Philadelphia, young and not so young and from many ethnic and social groups. Although not a parent or a...
Meeting Doesn’t Solve Philly School Funding Crisis – Newsobserver.com – August 4, 2014
A meeting Monday of top Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Tom Corbett produced little progress toward freeing a stalled tax bill that Philadelphia officials say is critical to opening the city's schools on time. The proposal to authorize the city to levy a...
Gov. Tom Corbett, Gop Leaders Meet On Philadelphia School Funding – The Times Herald – August 4, 2014
HARRISBURG (AP) — Top ranking Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania Legislature are meeting with Gov. Tom Corbett over a funding crisis that could prevent Philadelphia’s public schools from opening on time. The meeting on Monday in the Capitol was taking place behind...
House Republicans Abdicated Responsibility By Delaying Vote On Philly Cig Taxes, Dems Say – The PLS Reporter – August 4, 2014
House Democratic leaders say their membership is prepared to come back to vote on a measure authorizing a $2 per pack cigarette tax to fund Philadelphia schools. “I know members, including the Democratic leader, ready to cancel vacations to come back here and do what...
All Agree That Pa. Needs New School Funding Formula But Debate Intense Over Philly Cig Tax Increase – The PLS Reporter – August 4, 2014
What is behind the calls for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to vote on a special tax to fund Philadelphia schools? While everyone agrees that Pennsylvania needs a new school funding formula, the fight here is about the wisdom of stop-gap measures such as the...
Advocates, Parents Fight For Cigarette Tax In State Capital – Philadelphia METRO – August 4, 2014
The House right now may not be thinking about the cancelled cigarette tax vote that could provide $45 million to the embattled Philadelphia school district but the people of Public Citizens for Children and Youth are. On Monday morning, two buses full of parents,...
Hite: District Must Take Action By Mid-August At Latest – The Philadelphia Tribune – August 3, 2014
A group of Philadelphia residents are heading to Harrisburg Monday with a message for Gov. Tom Corbett and state lawmakers. “We are still going,” said Anthony Hopkins, spokesman for Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), which is organizing the bus trip. “We...