Bucks and Montgomery counties are home to an estimated 2,691 children here illegally, and the kids are getting most of their medical treatment in local emergency rooms at a significantly higher cost. That’s the prognosis of a new report released Wednesday by the...
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Rite of summer: Cost of schools raising property taxes – The Philadelphia Inquirer – June 14, 2015
Joe Rooney, a Delta Air Lines pilot who is raising five kids in Abington Township, is about to get a higher tax bill, and he isn't particularly happy about it. "We are not bringing in enough money for the spending we are proposing," said Rooney, whose annual $3,922...
In Case You Need More of a Reason for Pennsylvania to Address School Funding Disparities – June 12, 2015
PA Now Among 14 States Giving Less to Poor School Districts Pennsylvania is one of 14 states with a regressive school funding system that provides less funding to districts with high levels of poverty, according to a new report card issued by the Education Law Center....
A call for fair funding for PA schools – Daily Local Times – June 11, 2015
On the steps of the Chester County Courthouse, public officials, education advocates and local actors gathered to call on state leaders to adopt a fair and adequate funding formula for Pennsylvania schools June 11. Pennsylvania is one of just three states in the...
Advocates Demonstrate Locally For Better Education Funding Across Pennsylvania – CBS3 – June 11, 2015
Advocates for better state funding for education in Pennsylvania took their cause to the steps of the courthouses today in Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties. Norristown school district superintendent Janet Samuels pointed out that Pennsylvania is one of only...
A play and pleas for Pa. school funding formula – WHYY Newsworks – June 11, 2015
The debate over how to fund Pennsylvania's schools is heating up as the governor and lawmakers face a June 30 budget deadline. The advocacy organization Public Citizens for Children & Youth held press conferences demanding a fair school funding formula today at...
Montgomery County leaders: School funding formula unfair – The Intelligencer – June 11, 2015
Street theater came to the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse on Thursday to highlight the need for a fair school-funding formula in Pennsylvania. Three students in Villanova University’s master’s degree theater program took turns giving dramatic readings from...
Local Montgomery County education advocates urge legislature to adopt fair education funding formula – The Times Herald – June 11, 2015
The day after the Basic Education Funding Commission extended its deadline to deliver a recommendation for a funding formula for Pennsylvania basic education to the Legislature, public school administrators and teachers across the commonwealth took to their local...
Montco rally to push for new school funding – Philly.Com – June 11, 2015
NORRISTOWN School officials, parents, and activists are planning a rally at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Thursday morning to advocate for a new state education funding formula. A legislative commission that has been studying the issue for a year was due to...
Not the Right Way to Start Budget Season and Solid Proof for Pre-K – June 5, 2015
House Budget Turns Its Back on Pennsylvania's Children The budget season got off to a terrible start this week. On June 1st, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a startlingly irresponsible budget on a party line vote. As impossible as it may seem, the...