Proposals for the state’s 2011-12 education spending should:
Funding Cuts Force School Districts to Reduce Learning Opportunities for Students
PASA-PASBO Survey on the Impact of Funding Cuts (September 2011) – Survey reveals new school year has begun with reduced learning opportunities for students. Click here (pdf) to read the survey report.
PSFC Issues Press Release on State Education Budget
STATE EDUCATION BUDGET MAKES SEVERE CUTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS The hardship in state budget will fall on children and local property taxpayers, especially in the highest poverty school districts HARRISBURG—(June 30, 2011)—The Pennsylvania School Funding Campaign (PSFC) expressed dismay today …
2011 – 2012 Budget Update
*UPDATE* July 1, 2011 – Governor Corbett signed the 2011-2012 State Budget legislation (House Bill 1485) late in the evening on Thursday, June 30, fulfilling the commitment made by him and Republican leaders in the House and Senate to complete …
School Spending Worked, Data Show
June 20, 2011 – Student performance improved substantially while Pa. education funding was being increased. Gov. Corbett claims the state’s coffers are empty even though this year’s tax collections are half a billion dollars higher than expected. And he refuses …
50,000 + Pennsylvania Voters Petition State Senators to Stop the Billion Dollar Education Cut
HARRISBURG – (June 6, 2011) – More than 15,000 Pennsylvania citizens want the State Senate to know that putting their children’s future at risk is unacceptable. With their signatures on petitions and with their postcards, these Pennsylvanians are joining …
Send Surplus to Schools – Editorial
June 3, 2011 – What a dilemma. Cash-strapped Pennsylvania just learned it will end the fiscal year with nearly $540 million more than expected, and lawmakers can’t seem to figure out what to do with the surplus. Here’s a thought …
PA House Approves $27.3 Billion Budget
*UPDATE* – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted 109-92 Tuesday, May 24 to approve a state budget that sets spending at $27.3 billion for the 2011-12 fiscal year — the same amount proposed in Governor Tom Corbett’s March budget plan. The …
PASBO-PASA Survey Report and Press Release
May 19, 2011 – The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials and the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators have released a new report that showcases the damage the proposed budget will do to student achievement. The report is based on …
PA Legislative Black Caucus Decries Assault on Education
May 18, 2011 – State Rep. Ronald G. Waters, D-Phila./Delaware, chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus; Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, PLBC vice chairwoman; state Sen. Shirley Kitchen, D-Phila., Democratic Public Health and Welfare Committee chairwoman; Rep. James Roebuck, Democratic chairman, …
Sign the Petition to Stop the Billion $ Cut!
Make your voice heard. Governor Corbett has proposed state budget cuts totaling over one billion dollars in funding for public education. These cuts will have real and devastating impacts on the 1.7 million students in Pennsylvania’s public schools.