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
In response to a recent postponement of the Keystone Exams as a requirement for high school graduation, officials in area school districts have expressed relief that the problematic standardized tests… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf plans to ask the General Assembly to invest another $60 million into state funding for preschool programs in 2016-17 on top of $30 million more that he… Read More
Pennsylvanians may be fed up with the state budget impasse, but the people sitting at the negotiating table aren’t betraying any such disgust. Click here for full article. Source: WHYY… Read More