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Keystone
State Education Coalition
PA
Ed Policy Roundup March 31, 2017:
PA
School Funding: What is Adequate? Use the Legislature’s own formula…
Pop
quiz, part 2: Test your knowledge of public education in Pennsylvania
Keystone
Crossroads
“In 2015, we issued a report that used the
legislature’s own formula to answer the question. Using the Pennsylvania
Department of Education’s latest school finance numbers, issued in July 2016,
we have now updated our report and its State Adequacy Cost. We conclude that in order for districts to have adequate
funding to enable their students to meet state standards, the Commonwealth must
provide school districts with between $3.036 and $4.073 billion more in
additional funding than it is distributing for the 2016-17 school year. Click here for the spreadsheet
showing the adequacy distribution to all districts.”
The
Cost of Adequate Education Funding: An Updated Report
Public Interest Law Center Report
Last year Pennsylvania adopted a
fair funding formula to distribute Basic Education appropriations to school
districts. The new formula takes account of changes in the number of students
enrolled in a district, how many are in poverty, how many are English language
learners, as well as other factors related to the cost of funding students and
the ability of a district to raise funds locally. The formula, which was
identical to that proposed by a bi-partisan Basic Education Funding Commission,
applies only to new funds, and thus does not apply to the $5 billion of funding
already in place in 2014-15. Although
the formula adopted by the legislature provides a guide for how to distribute
new state funds, it did not provide an answer to another crucial question: how
much actual state funding do all Pennsylvania schools need to properly educate
their students? In other words, while the
formula demonstrates relative needs between school districts, it purposefully
did not include the total amount of state funding needed for all Pennsylvania
children to succeed and meet state standards. We call this missing figure the
State Adequacy Cost.
Editorial: Time to ‘reassess’ education
funding in Pa.
Delco Times Editorial POSTED: 03/30/17,
10:15 PM EDT | UPDATED: 11 SECS AGO
Maybe the Pennsylvania
Legislature should try taking a page from Delaware County Judge Charles Burr. This week the Delco jurist ordered every
property in the county reassessed. Our representatives in Harrisburg would do
well to note the reason why. Judge Burr
referenced what is known as the “uniformity clause” of the Pennsylvania
Constitution. It’s pretty simple, really. The clause mandates that all taxes
shall be “uniform, upon the same class of subjects, with the territorial limits
of the taxing authority.” Several county
residents filed a challenge in court arguing that was not the case, that their
homes, which were new construction, were being taxed at a rate far great than
older, established homes. The judge
agreed. Thus the county will now commence the mammoth prospect of reassessing
the value of more than 200,000 properties.
Now imagine if our state Legislature would apply the same logic to the
way this state doles out funding for education.
For years many students in Delaware County have been penalized, saddled
with a lesser education, for no reason other than their zip code.
Intelligencer By Gary
Weckselblatt, staff writer March 30, 2017
When the topic is state funding
for education, the result doesn't always translate to desks, books and safe
schools. Central Bucks business manager
David Matyas explained why during his budget presentation to the school board
this week, and director Paul Faulkner tried to ensure the message hit home. As he was discussing state revenue for
various budget lines, Matyas said, "Most of these subsidies are things we
can't spend money on. It comes into the left pocket and goes out of the right
pocket. The governor gives and the governor takes away, as well." Mandated costs for school
employee retirement, Social Security and property tax relief from gambling are
considered as revenue from the state but the money passes through without
school board control. "They send us
a check that we pass through but they count it as revenue," said Faulkner,
who described the practice as "smoke and mirrors." "Absolutely correct," Matyas said.
"That's how I feel about it every time I look at it." Central Bucks is estimating state revenue of
$67.9 million in its 2017-18 budget of $332.2 million. But $24.8 million of
that is a reimbursement for half of the district's $49.6 million payment to the
Public School Employees' Retirement System. For Social Security, $5.8 million
comes to the district for half of its $11.6 million cost.
Pa. Senate ed committee moves bill to make
raising property taxes harder
WHYY Newsworks BY KATIE MEYER, WITF MARCH 31, 2017
School property taxes are a
perennial issue in Harrisburg. And while attempts to curtail or get rid of
them entirely routinely fizzle out, a bill making modest changes is moving
through the Senate. The bill, supported by Montgomery
County Republican John Rafferty, would make it harder for school boards to
raise property taxes. It would require a
supermajority—or two-thirds vote—in order to pass anything. The current law
only requires a simple majority. Senate
Education Chair John Eichelberger said that'll ensure any tax hike is backed by
"compelling need."
The School Boards Association
wasn't as enthusiastic. While the
organization didn't condemn the bill, it said in a letter that it would only
support it if the general assembly extended that same supermajority requirement
to its own tax votes. Among other bills
the committee passed this week was one that would crack down on school
employees heavily involved in their unions, by banning teachers from staying on
their school's payroll if they're working for the union full-time.
Beaver County times By J.D. Prose
jprose@calkins.com March 30, 2017
A Fayette County legislator's
bill that would put an end to so-called “ghost teachers,” who get paid by
districts while working for their unions, passed a key committee on Wednesday
and now heads to the full state Senate. “These
ghost teachers receive taxpayer-funded salaries, health benefits and pensions,
yet they may never return to the classroom or engage in actual teaching,” said
Republican state Sen. Pat Stefano. “This should not be allowed or tolerated
because it is a blatant misuse of taxpayer dollars and drains money and
resources away from our classrooms and our students.” Stefano’s Senate Bill 494, which he
introduced March 10, passed the Senate Education Committee in a 5-4 vote with
three members not voting. Co-sponsors from southwest Pennsylvania include state
Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, Washington County; state Sen. Elder
Vogel Jr., R-New Sewickley Township; state Sen. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Jefferson
Hills, Allegheny County; and state Sen. Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland County.
Public employee pension
reform on the move
The Express EDITORIALS MAR 30, 2017
The Pennsylvania
Senate is scheduled to consider a public employee pension reform proposal
nearly identical to the bill that fell just three votes short in the House last
fall. The proposal will contain a
401(k)-component paired with a smaller defined benefit component for new
employees. New employees can
also choose a single 401(k)-style plan, which will provide portability and
retirement control. These includes those
in the State Employees Retirement System (SERS) and the Public School Employees
Retirement System (PSERS). Additionally,
the proposal lets current employees opt-in to the hybrid plan or 401(k)-only
plan — something many say is a welcome improvement over last year’s proposal. Meanwhile in the state House, Rep. Warren
Kampf has introduced pension reform identical to last October’s plan.
FR school officials aim to reduce $1.2M deficit
Trib Live by PATRICK
VARINE | Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 9:00 p.m.
Franklin Regional
school board officials will look to chip away at a projected $1.2 million
deficit as they begin budget planning for the 2017-18 school year. Finance director Jon Perry presented the first
draft of next year's budget, which increased by about $2.3 million over the
current school year. As has been the
case in recent years, the primary driver of expenditures is the district's
contribution to teacher pensions, which will rise from 30.03 percent to 32.57
percent. It is expected to continue rising up to 39.4 percent by 2027. Board president Larry Borland said the
district's pension costs are cause for concern.
“It's the sixth year I've seen this, and it gives me pause,” he said.
A smart investment in
universal pre-K
Philadelphia’s children, adults
and businesses are experiencing the benefits
Post Gazette Opinion
by JIM KENNEY, JANNIE BLACKWELL AND
BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN MAR 31, 2017
Jim Kenney is the
mayor of Philadelphia. Jannie Blackwell and Blondell Reynolds Brown are members
of Philadelphia City Council.
Mayor Bill Peduto
and Pittsburgh City Council took a big step toward improving the future of
every Pittsburgh family this month when they created a commission on universal
pre-K. Just two years ago, Philadelphia created its own commission to examine
how we could expand free, quality pre-K for our residents. After nearly a year
of exhaustive research, the commission presented its recommendations to Mayor
Jim Kenney’s administration and, this past January, our free, quality pre-K
program, PHLpreK, had its first day of school.
The benefits of PHLpreK have already been tremendous for Philadelphia’s
children, adults and businesses. Nearly 2,000 children are enrolled in our
program, and that number is currently budgeted to rise by 6,500 over the next
five years. These are children for whom a quality early childhood experience
would have been inaccessible. The average income among families who applied was
$34,000 annually. The tragic irony is
that access to quality pre-K is all the more important for these low-income
children. Children who participate in these programs are more likely to
graduate from high school, obtain a family-sustaining job and stay out of the
criminal justice system. And when we have more children getting on the right
path, that’s not just good for our families; it’s good for the whole city.
Study after study shows that if cities don’t invest in early childhood
education, we’ll end up spending even more in prison costs and other misery
expenses to deal with the consequences.
“On Thursday, the city
released official plans for each of the nine community schools participating in
Philadelphia's latest urban education experiment. Through the community schools
initiative, Philadelphia wants to create schools that are hubs for outside
supports. That way, the theory goes, you can lift the surrounding community
while solving the sort of non-academic challenges — such as hunger — that can
trip up low-income students.”
Philly's community schools
start to take shape
WHYY Newsworks BY AVI WOLFMAN-ARENT MARCH 31, 2017
For months now,
coordinators at Philadelphia's new batch of community schools have been
planting the proverbial seeds. They've
held neighborhood forums, reached out to local nonprofits, and surveyed
community members. They've spent hours talking and networking and contemplating
what kinds of solutions would make the most sense in their specific schools. Now the seeds of that work are beginning to
bear fruit — sometimes in the form of literal seeds. At Murrell Dobbins High School in North
Philadelphia, the freshly minted community school calls for the creation of a
community garden and farmers market to help combat food insecurity. "That way the community actually is
providing for itself," said Charles Reyes, Dobbins' community schools
coordinator.
Philly School District, City Release Plans for
Community Schools
For Immediate
Release: March 30, 2017
Published By: Mayor’s Office of Education, Office of the Mayor
Contact: Megan Lello, (215) 400-6887, MLello@philasd.org
Deana Gamble , (267) 438-7548, Deana.Gamble@phila.gov
Published By: Mayor’s Office of Education, Office of the Mayor
Contact: Megan Lello, (215) 400-6887, MLello@philasd.org
Deana Gamble , (267) 438-7548, Deana.Gamble@phila.gov
PHILADELPHIA – The
School District of Philadelphia and the Mayor’s Office of Education today
unveiled the plans for the city’s nine
community schools following months of surveys, focus groups and meetings held
within each school community to identify the top needs of students and
families. “These community school plans
mark a significant milestone in the City’s ongoing efforts to strengthen local
schools,” said Mayor Kenney. “Community school coordinators have engaged
thousands of Philadelphians to understand the unique strengths and challenges
at each community school. Now that plans are in place, coordinators can align
City and nonprofit services that meet the specific needs of our students, their
families, and local residents.” “The partnership
between the District and the City allows us to tap into a wide variety of
helpful resources to meet the needs of our students and their families,” said
Dr. William R. Hite, Superintendent, The School District of Philadelphia. “The
work supported by this initiative is an extension of the work our staff is
doing in schools every day to support the whole child. We all look forward to
seeing happier, healthier communities as a result of this important effort.” The plans cover the
specific needs of the community as identified by a Community School Committee
comprised of the principal, community school coordinator, and other
stakeholders including parents, students, school staff, partners and community
members. This committee helped establish the priority areas the school
community will work to address.
How will Kenney's $40M
community schools plan move forward?
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Staff Writer @newskag | kgraham@phillynews.com Updated: MARCH 30, 2017 — 5:28 PM EDT
Setting a path
forward for one of Mayor Kenney’s signature initiatives, the city and the
Philadelphia School District on Thursday released detailed plans for their nine
community schools. Fueled by $40 million
in soda-tax proceeds over four years, some schools will focus on conflict
resolution. Others will offer opportunities for children to be more physically
active or eat healthier foods. Some will work on internship and job
opportunities. Kenney ran on a pledge to
create 25 community schools in the city over four years. The learning
institutions would also offer social services and other supports to
neighborhoods. The goal is to remove barriers to learning so teachers can focus
on teaching and students on learning, without many of the impediments that come
with living in poverty. The mayor said
the initiative could keep city youth off a “nowhere track” to the streets,
prison, or the cemetery. “Our kids can
succeed,” Kenney said at a news conference at Tilden Middle School in Southwest
Philadelphia. “They can meet their potential if we give them the resources.”
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/How-will-Kenneys-40m-community-schools-plan-move-forward.html
New Community Schools
Framework & Messaging Guide
Webinar Wednesday,
April 12, 2017 3:00:00 PM EDT - 4:00:00 PM EDT
Join us for a deep dive into
new resources to make the case for community schools.
Coalition for
Community Schools
The Coalition’s new
brief, Community Schools: A Whole-Child Framework for School Improvement,
positions the community schools strategy as an effective option as the Every
Student Succeeds Act moves toward implementation. Learn about the new community
schools framework and graphics, and how to advocate to your state and local
leaders to include community schools in their ESSA plans. Also learn about our new messaging guide,
which will help you talk about community schools effectively to
anyone-including your neighbors, peers, and policymakers. Speakers:
• Mary Kingston Roche, Director of
Public Policy, Coalition for Community Schools
• L.J. Wilson, Communications
Coordinator, Coalition for Community Schools
Come with questions,
insights, and ideas for our Q&A session after the presentation.
Commentary: Court ruling a
win for special-ed students
Inquirer Commentary By
Kirk Smothers Updated: MARCH
31, 2017 — 3:01 AM EDT
Kirk Smothers is head of school at Delaware
Valley Friends School (www.dvfs.org)
in Paoli.
Last Wednesday was a
great day for special-education students in the United States. Our frequently
divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Endrew F. v Douglas
County School District that public schools are required to provide
free and appropriate educational placements, which lead to more than de
minimis (meaning trivial or minimal) student progress. Instead, the court advised that the
"educational program must be appropriately ambitious in light of
circumstances." The distinction
between de minimis progress and appropriately ambitious
progress is an important one. According to Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion,
school programs based on a standard of de minimis progress
have led to situations in which students "can hardly be said to have been
offered an education at all." Endrew
F. has autism, but his case applies to a much broader population of students
who have a wide variety of disabilities. The decision will also affect students
with learning disabilities and related conditions, including dyslexia, math
disorders, and ADHD.
Nittany Valley Charter students help boost ecosystem
on farmland
Centre Daily Times BY
BRITNEY MILAZZO bmilazzo@centredaily.com MARCH
30, 2017
A former tree farm
in northern Huntingdon County is being brought back to life with the help of
students from a State College-based charter school. Forty-eight Nittany Valley Charter School students
in kindergarten through eighth grade are working on a schoolwide project called
“Helping our Earth Field Project.” They’ll
be honored for their work on April 25 in Harrisburg with the 2017 Environmental
Excellence Award from the state Department of Environmental Protection and the
Pennsylvania Environmental Council. “It’s
really exciting,” school CEO Kara Martin said. According to a
report from the DEP, students are applying “in-class and in-field instruction”
to develop and implement a stewardship plan that promotes carbon sequestration
through native landscape and wildlife habitat.
The school’s founder Carolyn Maroncelli purchased the farm a few years
ago and vowed to use the land for environmental education.
Haverford Hi-Q team
crowned national champions
Delco Times By the Times Staff POSTED: 03/30/17, 10:13 PM EDT
MORTON >>
Haverford High School, the 2017 Delco Hi-Q Champions, won its second-ever
National Hi-Q Championship in a competitive contest against high school
champions from Alabama, Wisconsin and Washington. Teams from Monroe, Wash.,
Peshtigo, Wis., and Davidson, Ala., competed against Delco’s Haverford team for
the national crown via video-conference Thursday at the Delaware County
Intermediate Unit in Morton. They had the huge task of defending the title won
by last year’s Delco Hi-Q champs, Garnet Valley. The national championship meet was similar to
all Hi-Q meets in scope, scoring and subject matter. Teams answered a total of
16 questions, including toss-up sports, math, and team choice with the twist of
competing over the Internet. Delco Hi-Q Director Rick Durante started the match
with greetings from the Keystone State before turning over the program to
longtime Quizmaster Tom McCarthy. McCarthy presided over the very first
National Championship in 1981 when Pennsylvania hosted teams from Ohio,
Wisconsin and Washington. Haverford prevailed that year and did it again using
modern video-conference technology.
Modernized Space Camp
Allows Kids To Simulate Frustration Over Lack Of Funding
Space Camp attendees react to
news that budget pressures have postponed their mission indefinitely.
The Onion HUNTSVILLE,
AL—Aiming to provide attendees with an authentic glimpse into the nation’s
space program, representatives for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced
Thursday that its newly updated Space Camp will allow children to simulate the
anger and mounting frustration experienced by NASA personnel over a continual
lack of funding.
Camp organizers
explained that the redesigned education program will offer kids the unique
opportunity to contend with all of the budgetary restrictions and bureaucratic
red tape impeding the progress of actual astronauts and researchers, allowing
children from grades four to six to immerse themselves in a true-to-life NASA
environment in which financial shortfalls and endless procedural delays plague
them at every turn. “At Space Camp, each
attendee experiences the trials of real-life astronauts who simply are not
provided the resources they need to explore outer space,” said director Deborah
Barnhart, noting that campers get a firsthand look at what it’s like to pursue
cutting-edge astronomical research on a budget that, when adjusted for
inflation, is a mere fraction of what it was in the 1960s. “Our campers endure
constant setbacks throughout their week here, from engaging in spaceflight training
modules that can be shut down at a moment’s notice, to working tirelessly on a
solar probe project only to be informed that an across-the-board spending
freeze has led to the indefinite suspension of their work.” “Kids will walk away from a week at Space
Camp knowing exactly what it’s like to be an American astronaut,” she added.
Could Betsy DeVos Reject a
State's ESSA Plan for Not Embracing Choice? No.
Education Week
Politics K12 Blog By Alyson Klein on March
30, 2017 4:45 PM
U.S. Secretary of
Education Betsy DeVos told an audience at the Brookings Institution Wednesday
that she wouldn't necessarily approve every state's plan for the Every Student
Succeeds Act right off the bat. And at the same event, she continued to
push her favorite policy: school choice. (More from Andrew here.) DeVos didn't say specifically that states
would have to embrace choice in their plans in order to pass muster with the
department. But the juxtaposition still had some folks nervous, including Sen. Patty
Murray, D-Wash., who told Politico that she
hopes DeVos "clarifies her comments and makes it clear that she does not
plan to threaten states or hold their proposals hostage unless they conform to
her privatization agenda." UPDATE: A
department official did, indeed, clarify DeVos' remarks to US News and World Report. DeVos
wants to "encourage" states to consider choice in developing plans
for the law, the official said.
Could DeVos legally
reject a state's plan because it didn't include choice, even if she wanted to?
Short answer: No. That would be a violation of ESSA.
Longer answer: Both Democrats and Republicans who
worked on ESSA say doing that would violate the long, long list of prohibitions
on the Education Department's authority in the law, one of which says the
secretary can't tell states what kinds of interventions they can or can't use
with their lowest-performing schools.
“Charter advocates place
the adjective “public” in front of “charter school,” hoping it will stick. But
they only thing “public” about charters is that they take public tax dollars.”
How will charter schools
fare under Trump?
Asbury Park Press Published
12:26 p.m. ET March 30, 2017 | Updated 15 hours ago
Charter schools
have long been high on Gov. Chris Christie’s agenda, and they will receive an
added boost in support on the federal level from President Trump and his new
education secretary, Betsy DeVos, a fervent advocate of charter schools and
other non-traditional alternatives to public schools. But charter schools
remain controversial due to their alleged comparative lack of accountability
and the ability to filter out weaker students. Critics say they unnecessarily
drain resources from public schools, damaging overall public education. We
asked advocates on both sides of the issue — Carol Burris, executive director
of The Network for Public Education, and Nicole Cole, president and CEO of the
New Jersey Charter Schools Association — to offer their views on the proper
future for charter schools in New Jersey and across the nation.
First,
responses to our questions from Carol Burris:
Charters threaten
solvency of traditional public schools
Your organization
is called The Network for Public Education. But charter schools, while not
traditional schools, are still public, correct? To what degree do you
distinguish between them?
Charter schools are
not public schools. Charter advocates place the adjective “public” in front of
“charter school,” hoping it will stick. But they only thing “public” about
charters is that they take public tax dollars. Most public schools are governed
by democratically elected school boards. Charter boards are appointed and
therefore not accountable to parents or taxpayers. Charters control the number
of students they have, they do not have to take students mid-year, nor do they
have to fill seats when students leave. Transparency laws, especially in
spending, that public schools must follow can be ignored by charter schools. Finally,
by carefully controlling programs and policies they can shape who applies to
the school and who stays.
Calling charter
schools “public schools” is like calling defense contractors “public
companies.” Charters are private businesses funded by New Jersey tax dollars.
“Democratically elected
school boards govern most public schools; charter boards are appointed and not
accountable to parents or the community. Charters control the number of
students they have, and they do not have to take students mid-year, like
traditional public schools do. Transparency laws, especially in spending, that
public schools must follow can — and often are — ignored by charter schools.
Many conflict-of-interest laws that regulate public schools can be
skirted — and sometimes are — by charters. And in some cases, when a charter
school is closed because of poor performance or another reason, the school
building and property is not returned to the public who paid for them, but is
retained by the charter owners themselves. And, by the way, charters can shut their doors whenever it
suits them. The only thing truly
“public” about charters, is that taxpayers foot the bill. Calling charter
schools “public schools” because they receive public tax dollars is like
calling defense contractors “public companies” because they also depend on
public funding.”
What the public isn’t told
about high-performing charter schools in Arizona
Washington Post Answer
Sheet Blog By Valerie Strauss March
30 at 7:00 AM
President
Trump’s first federal budget proposal seeks a $168 million increase for charter
schools, which is a 50 percent funding increase from the current level set by
the previous Obama administration. For Trump and Education Secretary Betsy
DeVos, charters are one tool in the school choice tool box that they say will
be front and center of their education reform agenda. Charter schools —
which are publicly funded but privately operated, sometimes by for-profit companies
— have been proliferating for some 25 years and today there are thousands in
the United States. While the few million students they enroll are a fraction of
the number of young people who attend K-12 schools in this country, the charter
movement has been a key part of the school choice movement and the education
reform debate. Supporters of charter
schools say they give parents an alternative to failing traditional public
schools. Critics say they take vital resources away from traditional public schools
and that many charters are poorly run.
While some charter
schools are well-run and high-performing, others aren’t, and some states that
allow charters have little or no oversight. A 2016 audit by the Education
Department’s Inspector General’s Office found that the department — which
awards multi-million-dollar grants to states for the creation and expansion of
charters — had failed to provide adequate oversight of some of its
relationships with charter management organizations. This post details issues with charter schools
in Arizona. It was written by Carol Burris, a former New York high school
principal who is executive director of the nonprofit Network for Public
Education. She has been chronicling problems with corporate school reform for
years on this blog, and this post is part of her occasional series about
troubled charter schools in California and other states.
As North Carolina repeals
its ‘bathroom bill,’ other states consider their own
Washington Post By Moriah Balingit March
30 at 4:01 PM
Lawmakers
in 16 states have filed two dozen bills this year to scale back legal
protections for transgender people or restrict their ability to use bathrooms
that match their gender identity. Many are patterned after a North Carolina law
that was repealed Thursday after it sparked a national uproar and reportedly
cost the state billions in lost business.
The bills are being closely tracked by transgender advocacy groups in
the wake of the Trump administration decision to rescind federal guidance on
the civil rights of transgender students concerning bathroom access and other
matters. The administration said that states — not the federal government
— should decide how schools accommodate transgender students. “This is an issue best solved at the state
and local level. Schools, communities, and families can find — and in many
cases have found — solutions that protect all students,” Education Secretary
Betsy DeVos said after she and Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked
the Obama-era directive that transgender students should be allowed to use
bathrooms aligned with their gender identity.
The
2017 PenSPRA Symposium Keeping Current: What’s New in School
Communications April 7th Shippensburg
Join PenSPRA Friday, April 7, 2017 in Shippensburg, PA 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with evening social events on Thursday, April 6th from 5 - 8 p.m. at the Shippensburg University Conference Center
The agenda is as follows: Supporting transgender students in our schools (9 am), Evaluating School Communications to Inform Your Effectiveness (10:30 am), and Cool Graphics Tools Hands-on Workshop (1:15 pm).
Join PenSPRA Friday, April 7, 2017 in Shippensburg, PA 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with evening social events on Thursday, April 6th from 5 - 8 p.m. at the Shippensburg University Conference Center
The agenda is as follows: Supporting transgender students in our schools (9 am), Evaluating School Communications to Inform Your Effectiveness (10:30 am), and Cool Graphics Tools Hands-on Workshop (1:15 pm).
The $150 registration fee also
includes breakfast, lunch and Thursday’s social! You can
find more details on the agenda and register for the Symposium here:
PSBA
Advocacy Forum and Day on the Hill APR
24, 2017 • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Join PSBA and your fellow school
directors for the fourth annual Advocacy Forum on April 24, 2017, at the
State Capitol in Harrisburg. Hear from legislators on how advocacy makes a
difference in the legislative process and the importance of public education
advocacy. Government Affairs will take a deeper dive into the legislative
priorities and will provide tips on how to be an effective public education
advocate. There will be dedicated time for you and your fellow advocates to hit
the halls to meet with your legislators on public education. This is your
chance to share the importance of policy supporting public education and make
your voice heard on the Hill.
“Nothing has more impact for
legislators than hearing directly from constituents through events like PSBA’s
Advocacy Forum.”
— Sen. Pat Browne (R-Lehigh), Senate Appropriations Committee chair
— Sen. Pat Browne (R-Lehigh), Senate Appropriations Committee chair
Registration:
Visit the Members
Area of PSBA’s website under Store/Registration tab to register.
SAVE THE DATE LWVPA Convention 2017 June
1-4, 2017
Join the
League of Women Voters of PA for our 2017 Biennial Convention at the beautiful
Inn at Pocono Manor!
Save the Date
2017 PA Principals Association State Conference October 14. 15, 16, 2017
Doubletree
Hotel Cranberry Township, PA
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