SB 621 Stakeholder Memo – 6-21-19

…personnel in schools by authorizing a new category of school personnel – armed school security guards, which includes independent security contractors. Research consistently shows that increasing the number of guns…

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…also uses other advocacy tools, such as policy and data analysis, legislative and regulatory advocacy, training and technical assistance to education and social service professionals, research support for community and…

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Every Student Every Day Response

…campaign features new federal guidance and a toolkit that seeks to raise awareness about chronic absenteeism and to provide local schools, providers, and advocates with the access to crucial research,…

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18-09-19 Scarnati Answer and New Matter

…data from the Department of Education’s website. Denied that, in paragraphs 268(E) and (G), Petitioners correctly recited data from the Department of Education’s website. 63 269. This paragraph asserts conclusions…

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…state resources for classrooms and widening inequities, leaving schools starved for resources Filing in Commonwealth Court rebuts Sen. Scarnati’s claim that funding system has been fixed Pennsylvania school districts remain…

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March 7 2018 – press release

…across the Commonwealth remain in grossly underfunded schools. They need more resources right now, not years from now.” The lack of adequate state support for education in Pennsylvania is glaring….

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…individuals from the age 6 to 21, who have not yet graduated. 24 P.S. § 13-1301. After a new student seeking enrollment submits all requisite paperwork, the school district must…

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Mayor Kenney delivers first budget address

…in community infrastructure; issuing $100 million in bonds to make energy efficient infrastructure improvements to branch libraries, police stations, fire houses and other city properties; and an additional $26 million…

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