What does "hold harmless" mean? It's a policy underlying the distribution of state education aid in Pennsylvania. "Hold harmless" provides that no district will get less money in the new funding year than it got in the previous year. What's the effect? It means school...
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Philly schools to outsource nurses? – The Philadelphia Inquirer – May 13, 2015
The Philadelphia School District is exploring outsourcing its health services, officials said Wednesday - a move that might mean privatizing jobs now held by unionized school nurses. Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said the district, rocked by years of brutal...
More questions than answers on funding for Philly schools – Philadelphia Daily News – May 13, 2015
THE CITY'S public school system is once again stuck in no man's land, otherwise known as a new budget cycle. The city charter requires the school district to adopt its budget by May 30, but funding from the city and state are a giant question mark at this point,...
Increasing Students’ Success and No Relief for Schools – May 8, 2015
Community Schools Coming to Philadelphia More than a million students in 3,000 schools across the nation attend schools that offer students and families access to a variety of social and health care services on-site, and common sense tells us that’s a good thing for...
Pennsylvania Leaves $19 Billion in Tax Breaks on the Table – The Rick Smith Show – May 6, 2015
#PABudget: Pennsylvania Leaves $19 Billion in Tax Breaks on the Table (audio) Donna Cooper, Executive Director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth joins Rick to discuss school funding and which is more important, tax credits for business or textbooks and...
Inside Take: Money for Schools, or Tax-Free Helicopters? – Philadelphia Magazine – April 28, 2015A
(This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) Most Americans know that the federal tax laws are filled with carefully crafted tax breaks for certain special interests. What Pennsylvanians need to know is that our state’s tax system is also riddled with...
Community meeting slated April 29 on school funding formula – Delaware County News Network – April 28, 2015
Haverford Township School director and chairman of the Delaware County School Boards Legislative Council Larry Feinberg will serve as moderator for a panel discussion on public school funding in southeastern Pennsylvania, 7 p.m., April 29, at Springfield High School,...
William Penn struggles with bleak budget numbers – Daily Times – April 26, 2015
When it comes to the budget for the William Penn School District, Rafi Cave can’t tell you what will happen next. “We have no idea,” Cave, the vice president of the school board, said. “We can’t forecast the current method.” The current method’s lack of a funding...
Pennsylvania is Missing Out on Billions in Sales Tax Revenue – April 24, 2015
Ending Sales Tax Breaks Can Close State Budget Gap and Fund Schools It’s no secret the State Legislature faces two big challenges in this year’s budget: providing fair and adequate funding for schools and closing a $2 billion deficit. What few people realize however...
Pre-K for PA’s Push for Expanded Early Education Makes Headway – Generocity – April 24, 2015
Pre-K for PA is a non-partisan issue campaign that aims to expand access to pre-Kindergarten to all 3 to 4-year-olds in the state by 2018. Now in its second year, the campaign has reached what could be its first major legislative victory: Governor Tom Wolf has...