3 results for tag: funding formula
YORK DAILY RECORD: YORK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AMONG MOST UNDERFUNDED IN PENNSYLVANIA
Rick Lee, [email protected] 4:27 p.m. ET May 15, 2018 | Updated 1:32 p.m. ET May 16, 2018
Watchdog group claims underfunding is discriminatory
York City School District is the most underfunded public school district in Pennsylvania in terms of money spent per student, according to EquityFirst, a watchdog group concerned with basic and special education funding in the commonwealth.
And, the city district ranks fourth overall in EquityFirst's list of most underfunded Pennsylvania school districts.
EquityFirst based its findings on data collected from the Pennsylvania Department of Education's analysis of the governor's proposed budget ...
DELCO TIMES: More legislation on the verge on use of state’s fair funding formula
By Kevin Tustin, [email protected], @KevinTustin on Twitter
Another piece of legislation addressing the way state basic education subsidies are distributed to 500 public school districts is slowly making its way to the state House of Representatives.
Reps. Martina White, R-170 of Philadelphia, and Todd Stephens, R-151 of Horsham Township, are seeking co-sponsors for a bill that would require all $6 billion of the basic education fund to be appropriated through the fair funding formula. Their bill follows one introduced on May 7 by Reps. Tim Hennessey, R-26 of North Coventry, and Tom Quigley, R-146 of Royersford, that would alter ...
DECLARATION OF #CIVILFUNDINGWAR
Citizens for Fair School Funding
“Equity First”
Media Contact: Equity First
717.975.7430
[email protected] | @EquityFirstOrg
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2018
DECLARATION
OF
#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 ...