Most rookie teachers and newly minted Pennsylvania government employees would see a smaller retirement benefit in the coming decades through the state’s two big debt-plagued pension systems, under legislation that… Read More
The state Senate on Monday passed a pension reform bill that would give most future state and school employees three choices for retirement savings, none of them would be exclusively the guaranteed… Read More
School leaders are speaking out against a bill that could limit a school district’s ability to challenge a property assessment and, they say, could cost districts millions in revenue. Allentown… Read More
House Bill 1403 and its companion legislation, Senate Bill 709, would end practices that embarrass a child when their family is behind on lunch payments. ABC Channel 27, June 5,… Read More
The state Senate voted 40-9 Monday to reform Pennsylvania’s public pension systems by creating hybrid pension plans for new government workers. Sharon Herald, June 6, 2017 Full story
Friday, June 2nd was the one year anniversary of the basic education funding formula being signed into law! Thank you @GovernorTomWolf & PA legislature for enacting #FairFundingPA formula a year… Read More
Please Join AFSA, NAESP and NASSP for a National Day of Action on June 14, 2017! Join the national principals organizations for a coordinated national Day of Action to advocate… Read More
During a rare Sunday evening session of the state Senate, a pension bill that doesn’t appear to save any money for or shift much risk from taxpayers was positioned for… Read More
William Penn Schools Superintendent Jane Harbert says she lies awake at night grappling with a teacher’s complaint that the duct tape binding classroom books is failing. Rose Tree Media Superintendent… Read More
The state Senate Appropriations Committee has scheduled a meeting for Sunday evening to amend in proposed language of a long-sought reform to the state’s major public employee pension plans. PennLive.com,… Read More