City Council passed bills Thursday that increase various tax rates to raise $70 million for the School District, but won't decide until September on conditions for releasing $25 million of those funds. Council President Darrell Clarke said that Council intends to get...
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New Funding Formula Poses Two Big Questions for Legislature – June 20, 2015
Proposed School Funding Formula Poses Two Big Questions The Basic Education Funding Commission released a proposed school funding formula that strongly aligns with research that finds that educating low-income children and those who don’t speak English requires...
Students and Principals Share Their School Funding Worries with City Council
Children and Adults Need Tools for Their Schools Students and principals alike are worried about conditions in their schools. Today, students from Powel elementary school and The Workshop School joined 20 public school principals to call on City Council to provide...
New PCCY Report Uncovers Significant Barriers to Health Care for 24,000 Undocumented Children in Pennsylvania
Majority of Undocumented Parents Avoid Treatment Due to a Lack of Health Insurance PHILADELPHIA (June 16th, 2015) – An overwhelming 85% of parents of undocumented children said they had to delay or forgo care for their child due to a lack of health insurance,...
Bipartisan panel calls for new formula to divvy up Pa. education aid – WHYY Newsworks – June 18, 2015
A bipartisan Pennsylvania commission unanimously recommended a new school funding formula Thursday that would account for several student-weighted factors including poverty. The proposed formula — which would affect only new spending — calls for Pennsylvania to...
City Council passes school tax bills; conditions for $25 million still not clear – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – June 18, 2015
City Council passed bills Thursday that increase various tax rates to raise $70 million for the School District, but won't decide until September on conditions for releasing $25 million of those funds. Council President Darrell Clarke said that Council intends to get...
PCCY Responds to City Council’s Action to Provide Funding for Philadelphia Schools – June 18, 2015
Public Citizens for Children and Youth Executive Director Donna Cooper issued the following statement responding to Philadelphia City Council’s action today to provide additional funding for the Philadelphia School District. “City Council deserves credit for once...
Media rally calls for equal education funding – Delaware County News Network – June 18, 2015
The call for a fair and reliable funding formula was the focus of a small rally in front of the Media Courthouse on June 11 just as the funding discussion heated up in Harrisburg. Philadelphia-based non-profit Public Citizens for Children and Youth organized the event...
Long SRC agenda Thursday includes new charters and outsourcing of subs – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – June 17, 2015
The School Reform Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on a $34 million, two-year contract with Cherry Hill-based Source4Teachers to provide substitute service to city schools. The SRC is also scheduled to vote on the agreements for five new charter schools and...
Councilman Henon delays vote on bill that could lead to new prison – Northeast Times – June 17, 2015
Councilman Bobby Henon delayed the vote on his bill that would essentially allow the city to buy riverfront property in Holmesburg for the potential development of a new prison. Henon said that new questions from one of his colleagues prompted the...