
New Report: State Funding Not Keeping Up With Rising School Costs
Advocates say it underlines the need to meet a state court’s mandate to fix education funding in Pennsylvania.
Advocates say it underlines the need to meet a state court’s mandate to fix education funding in Pennsylvania.
The Keystone State accounted for 413 of the 6,751 incidents nationwide that the Anti-Defamation League tallied in 2022.
The court fight over the phone prevented the DOJ from reviewing 2,200 documents in its investigation of efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
‘This is common sense legislation designed to ensure that all eligible voters can participate in our elections,’ Rep. Joe Webster said.
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
Gallego travels to Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District and will be joined by Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is running against Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, “to engage the constituents Fitzpatrick is ignoring as he backs his party’s reckless budget resolution.”
Still, teachers, families and advocates remain concerned about the stability of Head Start. The Trump administration is closing several regional offices and laying off the staff who support the program, which has led to funding delays that threatened to close individual preschools.
“If you read the news a lot last year, you might have seen that we made history with the largest state [funding] increase ever. However, it only filled 11 percent of the total gap in funding that our schools need,” said Children First’s Priyanka Reyes-Kaura.
BCOC’s Economic Self-sufficiency Program has now reached 420 families becoming financially independent since its inception.