…it.” Gleason acknowledged that school choice causes stress on the larger system. But he said that if the state had a fair education funding formula, that stress would be diminished….
More…a new formula for distributing any increases in the state’s basic education funding. This new formula did not, however, increase statewide education funding. Instead, the law expressly locked in the…
More…education funding formula for the 2015-16 fiscal year. 72 P.S. § 1722-L(17.1). This formula was made permanent in Act 35 of 2016, P.L. 252, No. 35 (June 1, 2016), 24…
More…Wolf confirmed that the fair funding formula has not solved the problem. “While Act 35 established a new, permanent school funding formula and had significant impact on the education funding…
More…brought the suit along with the Public Interest Law Center and pro bono counsel from O’Melveny & Myers LLP. “We look forward to presenting extensive evidence proving that decades of…
More…funding formula – which the attorneys for the plaintiffs acknowledge is a step in the right direction – only a small fraction of education dollars will be driven through that…
More…the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable children. “Furthermore, we appreciate the governor’s continued commitment to a bipartisan formula that directs state education funding to the students and districts that need it most….
More…created by the 2011 reductions in public school funding, which crippled our schools and exacerbated funding disparities across school districts. “First restore the cuts, then apply the funding formula as…
More…House and Senate, said the lawsuit felt like the movie “Groundhog Day,” pointing out that the courts have ruled previously that they cannot determine what “thorough and efficient” looks like….
More…It didn’t work. Commonwealth Court rejected the suit, and the state Supreme Court in 1999 refused to hear an appeal. Now school funding advocates are looking for a rematch. A…
More…textbooks, and school counselors. We are pleased that the governor is pressing for the adoption of a bipartisan education funding formula for the upcoming fiscal year – though a formula…
More…meet state standards. While Pennsylvania recently adopted a school funding formula – which the attorneys for the plaintiffs acknowledge is a step in the right direction – only a small…
More…the Public Interest Law Center and the Education Law Center-PA. While Pennsylvania recently adopted a school funding formula – which the attorneys for the plaintiffs acknowledge is a step in…
More…most. While the state adopted a bipartisan basic education funding formula in 2015, the formula only applies to new education dollars, or merely 6 percent of the basic education budget….
More…to undertake a costing-out study looking at adequacy and equity to find “the basic cost per pupil to provide an education that will permit a student to meet the state’s…
More…the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center, who has represented students facing expulsion, agrees. “There’s a willingness now to … look at mitigating circumstances and not just blindly say, `This happened; this…
More…4.23(d); (Pet. ¶ 118). The Court can therefore look to whether schools have sufficient funds to hire qualified employees and provide statutorily required programs and services to determine if Respondents…
More…the Principal that STUDENT had visited the hospital, and pleaded with her to intervene in the bullying. However, upon examining the medical paperwork, PRINCIPAL stated that the tests looked normal…
More…contention is that Marrero is inapposite because “Petitioners here are not asking the Court to define as a matter of public policy what constitutes an ‘adequate’ education.” [Petitioners’ Brief at…
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