As the Salisbury Township SD (Lehigh Co.) struggles to close a nearly $1.1 million budget gap and hold down a likely tax increase for 2016-17, a school director complained about… Read More
Pennsylvania now faces a $2 billion budget deficit. That’s not a Democratic fact or a Republican fact — it’s just a fact, and it’s supported by Standard and Poor’s, an independent… Read More
A new report, HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION: Serving Pennsylvania’s Student and Workforce Needs, was recently released. It focuses on and organizes recommendations around several broad issues that are fundamental… Read More
As Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled General Assembly continue to squabble over a 2015-16 budget that is 226 days past due, many Valley school districts are operating with… Read More
Each year, superintendents and business managers across Pennsylvania anxiously await the governor’s budget address. Click here for full article. Source: The Express-Times, Feb. 10, 2016.
Gov. Tom Wolf’s new budget assumes he and Republicans can agree on a spending plan for the current year, finally reaching an elusive compromise that packages long-stalled conservative aims to… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf’s bid to boost basic education funding by $200 million in 2016-17 was cold comfort to superintendents who are considering raising local taxes, taking out loans and eliminating… Read More
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) recently conducted a survey with districts to determine what impact the budget impasse has had on them currently and in the future. The results… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf is scheduled to release his 2016-17 budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1. After an unresolved fight with the Republican-controlled Legislature, the Democrat is… Read More
Eleven weary months later, Gov. Tom Wolf is about to deliver a second budget proposal that he says will narrowly focus on boosting school funding while raising taxes to pay… Read More