tag | funding
February 8, 2023 | 5:22 AM
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.
March 31, 2022 | 5:21 AM
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.
June 14, 2021 | 5:21 AM
‘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.
February 18, 2021 | 5:11 AM
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.
June 8, 2020 | 1:19 PM
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.
May 28, 2020 | 5:50 AM
Schools relieved as Pa. budget poised to avoid education cuts, for now
The prospect of a cut in five months — during the middle of the school year — is something parents, teachers, and students “shouldn’t be faced with right now."
