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Poorer districts win challenge to Pennsylvania’s public school funding
The school districts that sued included the School District of Lancaster and the Shenandoah Valley School District.
Pitt students lobby for more funding for state-related universities
Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year would include a 5% increase.
‘No more excuses’: Pa. Democrats want to use stimulus to fix crumbling schools
The commonwealth is expected to have a $3 billion budget surplus and more than $7 billion available in American Rescue Plan dollars.
The $1 billion plan to close the gap between growing and shrinking Pa. school districts
An average shrinking district saw funding increase by $3,200 per student over the past three decades, according to a January report from Public Citizens for Children and Youth, a nonprofit led by a member of former Gov. Ed Rendell’s cabinet.
Rush to dole out billions in coronavirus relief dollars in Pa. could lead to waste, fraud
Many rules around public accountability and transparency remain unwritten, or lack requirements for a detailed accounting of how the money was spent.