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York City schools: End of state oversight near?
Lindsay C. VanAsdalan, York DispatchPublished 10:46 a.m. ET June 7, 2018 | Updated 12:43 p.m. ET June 7, 2018
For nearly six years, the York City school board has operated under the watchful eye of a state-appointed financial recovery officer.
That watchdog now says the district is making good progress, and her oversight might not be needed much longer.
However, Carol Saylor said only one of the four financially distressed districts ensnared by a 2012 law — Harrisburg — has completed its recovery plan, and it's still awaiting word on its recovery status.
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The Fight to End White Supremacist Funding Schemes In Pennsylvania Government
Citizens for Fair School Funding
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#CivilFundingWar
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January 24, 2018
The Fight to End White Supremacist Funding Schemes
In Pennsylvania Government
White School Districts Supremely Benefit from 30-Year Plan to Delay Fair School Funding
99 School Districts Get 2 Times Their Fair Funding Allocation and Keep Getting More
(Harrisburg, PA) – January 24, 2018 – A week after MLKJ Day 2018, Pennsylvania continues to fund school districts through Jim Crow funding schemes that greatly-favor white school districts.[1] Over ...
Racist Zip Codes
Citizens for Fair School Funding
#EquityFirst
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2, 2018
Racist Zip Codes
13 Pennsylvania School Districts Receive Less Than 50% of their Recommended
Level of Basic Education Funding
while 99 School Districts Receive TWICE
their Recommended Level of Basic Education Funding
(Harrisburg, PA) – January 2, 2018 – For 2018, we wish the NFL Steelers and Eagles would take a knee to end racial discrimination in Basic and Special Education Funding in Pennsylvania School Districts. Several studies recognize Pennsylvania’s distribution of ...