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State Rep. Carol Hill-Evans: It’s time for Pa. to address education funding
by Carol Hill-Evans Published 12:25 p.m. ET May 31, 2018
We in Pennsylvania have serious work to do to address education funding, and we don’t have to look beyond York to see why.
A recent study concluded that York City School District is the most underfunded school district, on a per-student basis, in Pennsylvania.
The district also has the highest percentage of students living in acute, or extreme, poverty in Pennsylvania.
Those statistics help demonstrate how unfair the current system of school funding is, stacked against those students who need the most support.
More: Black students not identified as gifted learners at same rate as ...
DECLARATION OF #CIVILFUNDINGWAR
Citizens for Fair School Funding
“Equity First”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2018
DECLARATION
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#CIVILFUNDINGWAR
Harrisburg School District is Underfunded by $31.77 Million Every Year in Basic and Special Education Funding
(Harrisburg, PA) – March 1, 2018 – The Citizens for Fair School Funding declared funding war on Pennsylvania school funding and shared its 2018 battle plan at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Harrisburg with a large group of community leaders and activists. The group is recruiting Pennsylvania volunteers for ...