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News Regional & State News Governor Corbett will announce education reform plan in York today
Monday, 10 October 2011 17:07

Governor Corbett will announce education reform plan in York today

Written by  Mary Wilson

(Harrisburg) -- Governor Corbett is expected to announce his plans today in York County for education-related legislation this fall. More than a year ago, Governor Corbett visited a York charter school to stump for a new way of judging teachers, based on tailor-made evaluations and student performance. Corbett is expected to return to York to roll out the rest of his education package. He says it won’t just include school choice measures, meant to give students in failing schools the means to get out. "I use school reform, OK, because I think it is school reform," he says. "School reform was out there in last session, I think there has to be some timeliness to it, because it’s part of a planning process for the following school year, so it’s second on what we’re going to, to, to announce." In August, Education Secretary Ron Tomalis told state House lawmakers the governor would support phasing in taxpayer-funded vouchers for students in failing schools. More recently, he said Governor Corbett would sign a bill revamping the administration of charter schools.

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