Lancaster County educators, lawmakers call for appropriate education allocations in state budget
July 11, 2024
By Ashley Stalnecker, Photos: Andy Blackburn
LancasterOnline
Lancaster County educators and community leaders gathered in Ewell Plaza Tuesday to urge lawmakers to pass the 2024-25 state budget with increased funding to public schools.

Education funding data debate at heart of state budget impasse
July 9, 2024
By James Corrigan
Fox43.com
HARRISBURG, Pa. — As state budget negotiations go past its ninth day since the original deadline, a disagreement on the methods used to distribute education funding has become a sticking point.

Fair funding for education remains a central sticking point in Pa. budget talks
July 9, 2024
By Peter Hall
Penn Capital-Star
Education equity advocates say a new fair funding formula for Pennsylvania schools that would use U.S. Census data to calculate poverty rates rather than state Department of Education numbers would fall short of goals by as much as half.

Advocates rally in Ewell Plaza for increases in state education funding
July 9, 2024
By Tim Stuhldreher
One United Lancaster
As Pennsylvania enters the second week of its 2024-25 fiscal year without a budget, progressive groups are stepping up their call for increased K-12 education funding and more support for working families.

State proposal is one more regressive tax
May 18, 2024
By Marc Stier, Exec. Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center
Times Observer
Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R-41) recently introduced legislation to cut Pennsylvania’s personal income tax rate from the current 3.07% to 2.8% and eliminate the Gross Receipts Tax on electricity.

We can’t afford not to fund public education
April 15, 2024
By Marc Stier, Exec. Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Last year, Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer ruled that Pennsylvania’s public school funding system was unconstitutional because it failed to guarantee every student a “thorough and efficient education.”

PA’s structural deficit could shape budget battle for years to come
April 1, 2024
By Justin Sweitzer
CityandStatePA.com
Speaking from the steps of the Capitol rotunda on Feb. 6, Gov. Josh Shapiro laid out an ambitious $48.3 billion spending plan that includes making sizable investments in public education, legalizing cannabis for recreational adult use, raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, and regulating so-called games of skill, among other priorities.

OUR VIEW: Pa. taxpayers have many problems: A flat tax is one
March 20, 2024
Editorial
SharonHerald.com
Last year, Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer ruled that Pennsylvania’s public school funding system was unconstitutional because it failed to guarantee every student a “thorough and efficient education.”

Raising taxes on the table as Pa. weighs how to pay for education court ruling
February 5, 2024
By Stephen Caruso and Katie Meyer
Spotlight PA, TribLive.com
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania likely needs billions of dollars to shore up its public schools following a landmark court ruling, but lawmakers are entering a new state budget cycle with few concrete proposals.
