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Keystone State Education Coalition
PA Ed Policy Roundup for August 26, 2015:
Judge rejects Wolf
challenge to charter funding; So what
exactly is in that Chester Upland
Charter Special Sauce?
Interested in letting our elected leadership know your thoughts on
education funding, a severance tax, property taxes and the budget?
Governor Tom Wolf, (717) 787-2500
Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Turzai, (717) 772-9943
House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed, (717) 705-7173
Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Joe Scarnati, (717) 787-7084
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377
House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed, (717) 705-7173
Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Joe Scarnati, (717) 787-7084
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377
School Funding Case Before Justices May
Have Wide Impact
Maura McInerney, The
Legal Intelligencer August
24, 2015
Education
is the greatest civil rights issue of our time. The promise of a public
education system is that it opens doors to all students and provides them with
the opportunity for success in life regardless of the circumstances of their
birth. It is an essential feature of our democracy and the lodestar that guides
and guards our right to the "pursuit of happiness" guaranteed as
"inherent" in both our federal and state constitutions. But Pennsylvania 's public
school system is in crisis, leaving many of our poorest students without the
means to pursue that happiness. A
majority of our schools are significantly underfunded and students pay the
price. Pennsylvania's method of funding schools is one of the most inequitable
in the nation, as the state's poorest school districts receive 33 percent less
funding than the wealthiest school districts—the single largest gap in the
country. Unequal funding has led to
unequal success. This year marks the fourth straight year of declines in
standardized test scores and currently a majority of Pennsylvania students are unable to pass the
trio of Keystone exams adopted by the legislature as graduation requirements
beginning in 2017. How did we get here?
In part, it is due to decisions to slash nearly $1 billion dollars in state
school funding and to abandon a highly promising fair-funding formula that was
based on the documented needs of students. Pennsylvania is currently one of only a
handful of states without an operating school-funding formula.
"The district pays local
charter schools about $64 million in tuition payments - more than it gets in
state aid - to educate about half of its 7,000 students."
Judge rejects Wolf challenge to charter funding
Judge rejects Wolf challenge to charter funding
MARI A. SCHAEFER AND CAITLIN MCCABE, INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS POSTED: Tuesday, August 25, 2015,
9:41 PM
A Delaware County
judge ruled Tuesday that the Chester
Upland School
District
Judge derails Pa. plan for Chester Upland recovery
By Vince Sullivan, Delaware County Daily
CHESTER >>
Just minutes after a public meeting with the receiver of the Chester Upland
School District ended with an impassioned plea for support of the public school
system, a Delaware County judge denied proposals to alter charter school
funding which would have eliminated a $22 million structural deficit. President Judge Chad F. Kenney denied
portions of a plan proposed by Receiver Francis V. Barnes, with the support of
Gov. Tom Wolf and the state Department of Education, that sought to reduce
payments to charter and cyber charter schools that educate Chester Upland
School District. Barnes was seeking to cap the regular education tuition
reimbursement for cyber charter students at $5,950, and to reduce the tuition
reimbursement for special education students in brick-and-mortar charter
schools from $40,000 to $16,000. Both changes would have been consistent with
the recommendations of two bipartisan school funding commissions. Other portion
of the plan calling for a forensic audit, a financial turnaround specialist and
the delay of a loan repayment were approved.
Expert: Chester
Upland
By Alex Rose, Delaware County Daily
MEDIA COURTHOUSE
>> Even if President Judge Chad F. Kenney approved a plan from Chester
Upland School District Receiver Francis Barnes to reduce charter school
payments, the district would still find itself $20 million in the red by the
end of the 2015-2016 school year, according to financial consultant Dean
Kaplan. That revelation came late in a
full day of testimony as a court battle pitting charter schools against the
district played out before the specter of a looming $23.8 million shortfall.
The judge later ruled against a crucial element of the state recovery plan. Kaplan noted that the plan put forward by
Barnes would eliminate $20 million in payments to charters for special
education students, though it would not address prior debt already owed, which
continues to accumulate. Without the
judge’s approval, however, Kaplan said the district would remain in the same
untenable position that it now finds itself in next year, but with a deficit
that has ballooned to $45 million.
WHYY Newsworks BY LAURA BENSHOFF AUGUST 25, 2015
In court Tuesday,
charter schools in the Chester Upland district defended their claim to $40,000
in tuition for each special-education student they enroll. According to Pennsylvania 's calculations, the charters
need -- and, in fact, currently spend -- well below that on those students. The debate about how
much money charters need to fulfill federal requirements for a "free
appropriate public education" for special-education students is at the
heart of reforms proposed by Gov. Tom Wolf and the district's receiver, Francis
Barnes, last week. And it's at the
center of a battle in Delaware
County
So what exactly is in
that Chester Upland
Charter Special Sauce?
Keystone
State
Here's the bottom line on Chester Upland charter school special education funding. Would this have been allowed to go on for years if charter schools were "public" in more than name only and were subject to taxpayer scrutiny on a regular basis? Right-to-know requests for financial information regarding the operations of Charter School Management Company have been blatantly ignored for years.
Here's the bottom line on Chester Upland charter school special education funding. Would this have been allowed to go on for years if charter schools were "public" in more than name only and were subject to taxpayer scrutiny on a regular basis? Right-to-know requests for financial information regarding the operations of Charter School Management Company have been blatantly ignored for years.
Tuesday's talks end with
no break in state budget impasse
Penn Live By Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Email
the author | Follow on Twitter
on August 25, 2015 at 1:51 PM, updated August 25, 2015 at 3:27 PM
on August 25, 2015 at 1:51 PM, updated August 25, 2015 at 3:27 PM
Gov. Tom Wolf left
Tuesday's scheduled budget negotiating meeting with
legislative leaders with more questions and no answer as to whether he was
going to accept the Republicans' offer that would move talks along. Wolf said his questions center around the
savings that would be derived from the GOP pension reform plan that was placed
on the table last week. The answers he
has heard about how much savings would be achieved from the plan "seems to
change depending on who was answering the question," Wolf said. Republican leaders left the meeting seemingly
perturbed that the governor wasn't ready to say if he was willing to accept
their offer of pension and liquor reform in exchange for giving Wolf the $400
million increase in basic education funding that he is seeking. Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre County
House GOP veto override
attempts fall short
The PLS Reporter Author: Jason Gottesman/Tuesday, August
25, 2015
A move by the House
Republican Caucus to attempt to override certain line-items of Gov. Tom Wolf’s
veto of a GOP-crafted, June-passed budget plan fell short Tuesday. The caucus brought up line items related to
funding rape crisis centers, domestic violence programs, school food service,
and other education, social service and human services line items. While debates on the merits boiled down to
Republicans urging support for the override votes to help get money to centers
that are struggling to make ends meet during the budget impasse, Democrats
argued the override attempts were unconstitutional and offers of necessary help
were just a ploy. “We will fight for
additional funding for rape crisis centers to make sure they have adequate
funding to do their job,” said House Minority Leader Frank Dermody
(D-Allegheny) during the floor debate Tuesday. “We will not support an override
of a veto…this is nothing but a scam and you know it. It’s a stunt and it’s
about time you get called on it.” House
Appropriations Committee Minority Chairman Joe Markosek (D-Allegheny) agreed. “We need to be talking about a budget in its
entirety,” he said. “Let’s just shoot this down, let’s go on, and let’s come up
with an agreed-to budget that we’re willing to sit down with you and come to an
agreement on.” Democrats also released
an advisory opinion from the Legislative Reference Bureau stating the veto
override attempt is unconstitutional.
ASSOCIATED PRESS LAST
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 1:06 AM POSTED: Tuesday, August
25, 2015, 6:38 PM
House defeats GOP bid to
override parts of Wolf budget veto
MARK SCOLFORO, THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS LAST UPDATED: Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 7:39 PM POSTED: Tuesday,
August 25, 2015, 6:41 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)
- Pennsylvania's budget impasse remained firmly in place Tuesday after the
Republican majority failed during hours of debate to persuade Democrats in a
series of 14 votes to override any portion of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's budget
veto. Republicans defended the perhaps
unprecedented legislative method of holding override votes on individual line
items even though Wolf had not exercised his line-item authority when he
rejected the GOP budget plan in late June. The $30.2 billion plan did not include
more taxes for education and human services spending, as Wolf proposed.
House Majority Leader:
'I'm not sure where we go from here' after failed veto override attempt
Penn Live by Christian Alexandersen |
calexandersen@pennlive.com on August 25, 2015 at 7:39 PM
Republicans will be
heading back to the negotiating table with Gov. Tom Wolf after 20 budget veto override proposals failed to
gain enough support on Tuesday. Republicans
in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives attempted to override lines of
Wolf's budget veto. The proposals were meant to free up money for certain
services and programs related to education, human services, agriculture and
health. "In all honesty, I'm not
sure where we go from here," according to House Majority Leader Dave Reed. Reed said the reason they moved forward with
the override votes -- which received 115 out of the necessary 136 votes -- on
Tuesday rather than sooner was because agencies are now struggling and running
out of money.
OP-ED: Pa.
This op-ed was
written by Mark Price, Ph.D., economist and interim research director of the Keystone Research
Center and Pennsylvania
Budget and Policy Center in Harrisburg
The Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported on Thursday that Pennsylvania
created 66,500 jobs in the last 12 months. At 1.1 percent, that's the fastest
year-over-year job growth reported in any July since 2005. Relative to the 50
states, that's the 34th fastest pace in the country and the best Pennsylvania has ranked
since July 2011 when it was in 26th place.
July 2011 is of note because former Gov. Tom Corbett's first budget was
signed shortly before the stroke of midnight on June 30, 2011. While on time,
the budget was even more remarkable because it cut $1 billion from education
funding and set off a wave of school district layoffs that, as of the end of
the last school year, tallied to 33,000 jobs.
Not surprisingly, layoffs on that scale delivered a body blow to a state
economy still recovering from the worst recession since the Great Depression.
The body blow dropped Pennsylvania 's
job growth ranking within a year to 44th and by July 2013 to 48th. So what we learned
this Aug. 20 is that job growth in the commonwealth is finally back to normal —
Pennsylvania
has ranked, on average, 35th for job growth since 1990. The future of the Pennsylvania labor
market, however, is cloudier than it should be thanks to deadlock over this
year's state budget.
Budget stalemate tosses
uncertainty into Western Pennsylvania teacher
negotiations
Trib Live By Katelyn
Ferral Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, 11:12 p.m.
Teachers and Belle Vernon district leaders averted a strike early Tuesday, reaching a last-minute deal after more than 400 days without a contract. A strike threat hastened negotiations there, but teachers aren't likely to picket during contract talks happening in more than 30 districts in Allegheny, Beaver,Butler ,
Fayette, Greene , Washington Allegheny
County Harrisburg that's frozen
funding and left many school officials wary of committing to long-term
contracts with employees. Districts
statewide are set to miss a key payment from the state next month, which will
likely continue to delay contract settlements, district officials and labor
leaders said Tuesday. “What's happening
at the bargaining table in Harrisburg
trickles down to the bargaining table in every school district in the state,”
Edgell said.
Teachers and Belle Vernon district leaders averted a strike early Tuesday, reaching a last-minute deal after more than 400 days without a contract. A strike threat hastened negotiations there, but teachers aren't likely to picket during contract talks happening in more than 30 districts in Allegheny, Beaver,
Governor Wolf and Secretary Rivera Announce $23.5
Million in School Improvement Grants for Nine Pa. Schools
Governor Tom Wolf
and Secretary of Education Pedro A. Riveratoday announced that nine
schools across the commonwealth will receive a combined $23.5
million in School Improvement Grant funding. The Pennsylvania Department of Education
awarded these federal grants through a competitive process. Applications were
reviewed and scored by a panel of peer reviewers who then made award
recommendations. For a school to be
eligible for funding, it must be among the lowest-achieving schools in Pennsylvania that
has not made substantial progress on state assessments, or has a graduation
rate of less than 60 percent for at least two of the last three years. As part of the competitive application
process, eligible schools must adopt and implement one of four reform models
developed by the federal government: Transformation, Turnaround, Restart, and
School Closure.
"In the early 1990s, my
older daughters' academic progress was measured by nationally normed
standardized tests chosen by the local district that measured literacy and math
skills and took two to three hours (not days) to complete. The results gleaned
from these shorter tests still gave me a clear picture of how my daughters were
learning compared to their peer group locally and nationwide.
What I want as a parent has
not changed. However, poorly conceived
public policy in the form of excessive state-mandated standardized testing
coupled with a punitive approach to teacher and school performance make it ever
more difficult for teachers to focus on cultivating their students to grow as
both learners and as young people."
Bethlehem Area Superintendent Joseph Roy: New
education policies test teachers, students
Morning Call Opinion
by Joseph Roy August 24, 2015
My 5-year-old
daughter starts kindergarten at the end of this month at Lincoln
Elementary School in the Bethlehem Area School District
PA Core Standards test
gets mixed reviews as Lower Bucks districts brace for lower scores
Bucks County
Courier
The new Pennsylvania
Core Standards initiative has its positives and its negatives, according to a
co-chairman of Pennsbury
High School
Schools warn lower PSSA
scores coming
The Intelligencer By Gary Weckselblatt Staff writer Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 4:30
am | Updated: 6:28 am, Wed
Aug 26, 2015.
School districts
have been warned that this year’s Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, the
first tests fully aligned with Pennsylvania Core Standards, have resulted in
lower scores. While the official
results likely won’t be released until the fall, a July letter from
state Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera alerted school officials that the
numbers won’t be pretty. “I assure you
that we understand that standardized test results should not be the sole
indicator of a student’s or school’s success, and will be part of a larger
conversation on accountability, and how we best serve our students,” he wrote. The reasons for the decline, school officials
said, include more rigorous standards combined with a scoring adjustment that
makes it more difficult for a student to earn a “proficient” or “advanced”
score.
By Christina Tatu
Of The Morning Call Tuesday, August 25, 2015
The Saucon Valley
School Board voted down a neutral arbitrator's report Tuesday, saying
salary recommendations would have teachers earning more than in the affluent Parkland School District Parkland School District ,"
Puerta said, noting that according to Brown's proposed salary schedule, Saucon Valley
teachers would be earning more than Parkland
teachers during most years of the six-year contract. "It has nothing to do with my
appreciation and respect for you … I would ask you sincerely to take a look at
that salary schedule and ask whether it is appropriate," he said.
Mastery tapped to turn
around Douglass Charter School
MARTHA WOODALL, INQUIRER
STAFF WRITER LAST UPDATED: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 1:06 AM
Mastery Charter
Schools has been awarded $1.5 million from the Philadelphia School Partnership
to help it turn around the Frederick Douglass Charter
School in North
Philadelphia . The grant from the
partnership's Great Schools Fund was scheduled to be announced Wednesday - the
first day of school for students at Douglass and at Mastery's 14 other campuses
across the city. "We're delighted
to have the support of the Philadelphia School Partnership and to get the
resources we need to provide the best quality education for the children at
Frederick Douglass," said Scott Gordon, CEO of the nonprofit Mastery
Schools.
Principals fired in test
cheating win back jobs through arbitration
the notebook By
Kevin McCorry for NewsWorks on Aug 25, 2015 07:16 PM
Two Philadelphia principals fired for their roles
in a standardized-test cheating scandal, Marla Travis-Curtis (top) and Michelle
Burns, have won favorable arbitration rulings. Two principals fired by the Philadelphia School
District Kensington Urban Education
Academy Tilden Middle School
Marla Travis-Curtis,
formerly principal of Lamberton Elementary School, won a ruling that could
return her to the District, but demote her to assistant principal. Arbitrator Alan Symonette ordered the
district to provide Travis-Curtis back-pay at an assistant principal rate less
a 30-day suspension. Both Burns and
Travis-Curtis are also to receive compensation for any money they spent on
benefits due to their termination. "At
this time, the school district is reviewing all its legal options in response
to the arbitration findings," wrote district spokesman Fernando Gallard in
a statement.
Vote on partnership
between Wilkinsburg, Pittsburgh
Public School
Trib Live By Katherine
Schaeffer Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, 11:12 p.m.
The Wilkinsburg School Board could receive a draft, possibly in September, of what a potential partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools might look like, school board Chairman Ed Donovan said Tuesday. “We're still in the fact-finding and discussion stage,” Donovan said at the end of the school board meeting, in which the partnership was not discussed by the board. Officials at Pittsburgh Public andWilkinsburg schools have said they
plan to form an internal group to explore how the districts might work
together. They would draft a potential
agreement for how Wilkinsburg could pay to send students in grades seven
through 12 to a Pittsburgh middle and high
school, and they will determine which Pittsburgh
school would be a feeder school for Wilkinsburg
students. If the Wilkinsburg School
Board receives a draft in September, it could vote on the agreement in October,
Donovan said. Wilkinsburg middle and
high school students could attend Pittsburgh
schools as early as 2016-17 if both boards agree to partner.
The Wilkinsburg School Board could receive a draft, possibly in September, of what a potential partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools might look like, school board Chairman Ed Donovan said Tuesday. “We're still in the fact-finding and discussion stage,” Donovan said at the end of the school board meeting, in which the partnership was not discussed by the board. Officials at Pittsburgh Public and
Why so many teachers quit,
and how to fix that
Centre Daily Times BY KRISTINA RIZGA August 25, 2015
Every year,
thousands of young and enthusiastic teachers all over the country start their
first day of work. Within the following five years, at least 17 percent of them
will leave the profession. Teacher attrition is especially high in poor, urban
schools, where on average about a fifth of the entire faculty leaves annually —
that’s roughly 50 percent higher than the rate in more affluent schools. Not only is recruitment and retraining
expensive, costing the United States about $2 billion each year, but research
also shows that teacher stability is crucial for building strong relationships
between staff and students. What’s
pushing so many teachers out of the profession? Richard Ingersoll, a professor
at the University
of Pennsylvania
State Takeover of Schools
Harms Black, Latino Communities, Report Contends
Education Week
District Dossier Blog By Corey Mitchell on August 24, 2015 4:35
PM
A new report
from The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools,
a group including the nation's two largest teachers' unions, argues that state
takeover of schools and school districts is "stripping political
power" from black and Latino communities.
The report traces the history of what the group calls "market-based
intervention and reform," from the state takeover of three New Jersey
school districts in the late 1980s and mid-1990s to the present-day push to
allow state-run schools in Georgia. The
authors contend that the growing number of state takeovers and achievement
districts has increased segregation, dismantled community schools, and
undermined the financial stability of the affected school districts. The Alliance
to Reclaim Our Schools asserts that local resistance to mayoral control of
education policy in large urban districts has now given way to a broader
strategy focused on usurping local control.
Testing Resistance & Reform News: August 19 - 25,
2015
Submitted by
fairtest on August 25, 2015 - 1:07pm
"Testing Lacks
Public Support," the headline on the Phi Delta Kappan's summary of its
just published 2015 Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public
Schools, says it all. The annual survey clearly shows that a majority of
Americans are fed up with politically mandated overuse and misuse of
standardized exams, just as FairTest and allies have repeatedly stated.
FairTest Reaction
http://www.fairtest.org/fairtest-reaction-2015-annual-gallupphi-delta-kapp
Complete PDK/Gallup Poll Data
http://pdkpoll2015.pdkintl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pdkpoll47_2015.pdf
FairTest Reaction
http://www.fairtest.org/fairtest-reaction-2015-annual-gallupphi-delta-kapp
Complete PDK/Gallup Poll Data
http://pdkpoll2015.pdkintl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pdkpoll47_2015.pdf
The John Stoops Lecture
Series: Dr. Pasi Sahlberg "Education Around the World: Past, Present &
Future" Lehigh University October 8, 2015 6:00 p.m.
Baker Hall |Zoellner Arts
Center | 420 E. Packer Avenue | Bethlehem , PA 18015
Baker Hall |
Free and open to the
public! Ticketing is general admission -
no preseating will be assigned. Arrive early for the best seats. Please plan to stay post-lecture for an open
reception where you will have an opportunity to meet with students from all of
our programs to learn about the latest innovations in education and human
services.
Register now for the
2015 PASCD 65th Annual Conference, Leading and Achieving in an Interconnected World, to be
held November 15-17, 2015 at Pittsburgh Monroeville Convention
Center.
The Conference
will Feature Keynote Speakers: Meenoo Rami – Teacher and Author
“Thrive: 5 Ways to (Re)Invigorate Your Teaching,” Mr. Pedro Rivera,
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Heidi Hayes-Jacobs – Founder and President
of Curriculum Design, Inc. and David Griffith – ASCD Senior Director of Public
Policy. This annual conference features small group sessions focused on:
Curriculum and Supervision, Personalized and Individualized Learning, Innovation,
and Blended and Online Learning. The PASCD Conference is a great
opportunity to stay connected to the latest approaches for innovative change in
your school or district. Join us forPASCD 2015! Online
registration is available by visiting www.pascd.org <http://www.pascd.org/>
Nominations for PSBA's
Allwein Advocacy Award close Aug. 28th
PSBA July 7, 2015
PSBA July 7, 2015
The Timothy M.
Allwein Advocacy Award was established in 2011 by the Pennsylvania School
Boards Association and may be presented annually to the individual school
director or entire school board to recognize outstanding leadership in
legislative advocacy efforts on behalf of public education and students that
are consistent with the positions in PSBA’s Legislative Platform. The
2015 Allwein Award nomination process will close on Aug. 28, 2015. The
2015 Allwein Award Nomination Form is available online. More details on the
award and nominations process can be found online.
Slate of
candidates for PSBA offices now available online
PSBA website July 31, 2015
PSBA website July 31, 2015
The
slate of candidates for 2016 PSBA officer and at-large representatives is now
available online, including bios, photos and videos. According to
recent PSBA Bylaws changes, each member school entity casts one vote per
office. Voting will again take place online through a secure, third-party
website -- Simply Voting. Voting will openAug. 17 and closes Sept. 28. One person from the
school entity (usually the board secretary) is authorized to register the vote
on behalf of the member school entity and each board will need to put on its
agenda discussion and voting at one of its meetings in August or
September. Each person authorized to register the school entity's votes has
received an email on July 16 to verify the email address and confirm they are
the person to register the vote on behalf of their school entity.
Register Now for PASA-PSBA
School Leadership Conference Oct. 14-16, 2015 Hershey Lodge & Convention
Center
Save the date for the
professional development event of the year. Be inspired at more than four
exciting venues and invest in professional development for top administrators
and school board members. Online registration is live at:
Register Now – PAESSP
State Conference – Oct. 18-20 – State College, PA
Registration is now
open for PAESSP's State Conference to be held October 18-20 at The
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, PA! This year's
theme is @EVERYLEADER and features three nationally-known keynote
speakers (Dr. James Stronge, Justin Baeder and Dr. Mike Schmoker), professional
breakout sessions, a legal update, exhibits, Tech Learning Labs and many
opportunities to network with your colleagues (Monday evening event with Jay
Paterno). Once again, in conjunction
with its conference, PAESSP will offer two 30-hour Act 45 PIL-approved
programs, Linking Student Learning to Teacher Supervision and Evaluation
(pre-conference offering on 10/17/15); and Improving Student Learning
Through Research-Based Practices: The Power of an Effective Principal (held
during the conference, 10/18/15 -10/20/15). Register for either or both PIL
programs when you register for the Full Conference!
REGISTER TODAY for
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Apply
now for EPLC’s 2015-2016 PA Education Policy Fellowship Program
Applications are
available now for the 2015-2016 Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP). The Education Policy Fellowship Program is sponsored in
Pennsylvania by The Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC). With more than 400 graduates in its
first sixteen years, this Program is a premier professional development
opportunity for educators, state and local policymakers, advocates, and
community leaders. State Board of Accountancy (SBA) credits are available
to certified public accountants. Past
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