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EITC, explained: How Pennsylvania’s educational tax
credits are used, who benefits, and more
PA Capital Star By Elizabeth Hardison June 14, 2019
Gov. Tom Wolf said
Wednesday that he will veto a proposed
expansion of
Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit, which directs millions of
potential tax dollars each year to private schools and educational programs. But
that doesn’t mean that the proposal from House Speaker Mike Turzai,
R-Allegheny, is going to disappear anytime soon. Turzai’s bill would nearly
double the size of the EITC private school scholarship program, which provides
up to $110 million per year in tax credits to businesses that donate to K-12
scholarship funds. The bill also calls for that cap to increase by 10 percent
annually if 90 percent of the credits are claimed. With a few legislative
maneuvers, it’s possible the tax credit program could still get a boost in the
state’s 2019-20 budget. It just may not be what Turzai initially proposed. As
part of the state’s annual budget process, the governor signs off on dozens of
code bills that authorize state statutes to take effect in the new fiscal year.
These bills govern everything from education and agriculture to human services
and liquor sales. The General Assembly can make line-item amendments to the
code bills before they vote to send them to the governor’s desk. If lawmakers
want to authorize an increase to the tax credit program, they can do it by
tweaking the state’s school code, which lays out the program’s budget and
rules.A spokesperson for Turzai declined to discuss strategy Wednesday
afternoon, saying only that “Governor Wolf should sign the bill.” Wolf’s
spokesperson was equally circumspect. “I can’t speculate about code bills that
don’t exist yet,” spokesperson J.J. Abbott said. In short, the EITC expansion
could remain an important bargaining chip during budget negotiations this month,
despite Wolf’s looming veto. With that in mind, here’s a look at how the
program works and who stands to benefit from it.
“But to Rep.
Michael Carroll, D-Hughestown, considering any charter school legislation
sponsored by Republican lawmakers was unthinkable until Democrats’ concerns
about school funding are addressed. “A no vote on this bill and the other three
bills will send a message to our school districts and our students, and our
parents, and our teachers and the residents who pay property taxes, that we're
not interested in any charter school bill until we actually figure out how to
properly fund charter education in this state,” Carroll said during floor
debate. “The time has come to stand up for students. The time has come to stand
up for taxpayers, and not charter schools.”
Rhetoric on school choice in Pennsylvania heats up as one
bill faces veto, four others advance
KPVI By Dave Lemery
| The Center Square Jun 13, 2019 Updated 36 min ago
In a month when
Pennsylvania lawmakers are generally consumed by budget negotiations behind the
scenes as the fiscal year comes to a close, the topic of school choice has
dominated public discourse in recent days. The House of Representatives
approved a package of four bills this week designed to reform and improve the
operations of charter schools, signaling an intent to modernize the way the
publicly funded, privately run institutions operate. But just days after the Senate
passed a
bill that
would have at least doubled the scope of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit
program, word has emerged that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf intends to veto that
legislation. House Bill 800 would boost the EITC by $100 million immediately to
provide more scholarships for families to send their children to the schools of
their choice, and it also includes a provision for a 10 percent increase in any
year where the use of the EITC comes within 10 percent of its cap. Sponsored by
House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-McCandless, the legislation passed in both
chambers largely along party lines. Given the strong partisan split on HB800,
many onlookers expected that a veto was likely, and media reports from a Wednesday event in Philadelphia quoted the governor saying
he would indeed veto the bill. Regardless of the fate of the EITC legislation,
the four new bills related to charter
schools are on
now in the Senate for consideration there after much heated debate and near
party-line votes in the House. In a series of testy exchanges with Democratic
lawmakers this week, Turzai admonished those debating the merits of the charter
school bills not to conflate them with HB800 and focus on the specific
proposals as they came up for vote.
"When we
look at the inequity in public education, we should be embarrassed," said
state Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-146th Dist., who met and spoke with the Pottstown
protesters when they arrived.”
Pottstown packs punch at fair funding rally in Harrisburg
The Mercury by Evan Brandt
ebrandt@21st-centurymedia.com @PottstownNews on Twitter June 14, 2019
HARRISBURG —
Three buses of Pottstown activists were among the more than 1,000 people who
converged on the state capitol Wednesday to fight for fair education funding. It
is three times the number of Pottstown protesters who showed up last year and
the total crowd was more than twice the size of last year's turnout. They were
there because if the state's fair education funding formula adopted in 2016
were used for all basic education funding, Pottstown would
no longer be looking at cutting programs to balance its budget, as happened
this year, but
could add programs, increase teacher pay and cut local property taxes. Pennsylvania
is widely recognized as having one of the worst funding gaps between poor and
wealthy districts, due largely to its over-reliance on local property taxes to
fund public schools, and its failure to fully implement the fair funding
formula.
Southeast Pa. protesters flood Capitol, push for a shift
in education funding
WHYY By Katie Meyer, WITF June 13, 2019
The
money Pennsylvania schools receive per pupil varies
widely, and on
average, students of color get fewer resources. The state has a formula
designed to address the inequity, but it’s only used for some funding. On
Wednesday, around a thousand activists took a trip to the Capitol to call for
change. Most protesters with the faith group POWER came from the Philadelphia region.
They are pushing a bill that would apply the fair funding formula to all
education money. It’s sponsored by Philadelphia Democratic Representative Chris
Rabb. “This is a justice issue,” Rabb told the crowd, which filled the rotunda
and the balconies that ring it. “We will keep on fighting.” Enacted in 2016,
the funding formula accounts for actual enrollment, poverty, and the money
districts get from local taxes. But it only applies to new funding each
year — a small part of the total. Applied everywhere, it would give more money
to poorer, urban districts in the Philadelphia area. But it would reduce
funding for many rural and western districts — including Pittsburgh.
“Senate Bill 751
increases the teacher observation portion of the evaluation to 70 percent of
the total score, providing administrators with increased flexibility while also
reducing the reliance on standardized testing in the system. Further, the
revised system will take into account the impact of poverty on student academic
outcomes, on a teacher’s ability to teach, and on the overall school
environment. Aument said the current system has hindered efforts to attract and
keep Pennsylvania’s best and brightest teachers in high-poverty, low-performing
schools.”
Proposal to Revise Educator Evaluation System Introduced
Senator Aument’s
Website Posted on Jun 13, 2019
HARRISBURG –
Senator Ryan Aument (R-Landisville) introduced a proposal this week that would
make major revisions to the way educator performance is evaluated in the
Commonwealth, creating a more accurate, fair, and meaningful evaluation system.
Aument said that although the current evaluation system that was enacted in
2012 was well-intended, it has come up short in providing school districts,
career & technical centers, and intermediate units with a system to improve
student academic performance by giving educators useful and actionable feedback
to help them improve and share best practices. “As the author of the original
teacher evaluation bill in 2012, I can confidently say that the implementation
of the current system does not match the original intent,” Aument said.
“As such, it is our responsibility to get it right, and I have been working
towards that goal in a collaborative and methodical approach with the people
who directly use and are impacted by the system.” For the past two years,
Senator Aument has worked with teachers, administrators, and education
advocates to address the various shortcomings of the current system. The
result is Senate Bill 751, which creates a new system using many of the same
goals of the original proposal in 2012, but with the benefit of hindsight and
the input of motivated stakeholders.
Many Pa. schools aren’t held accountable for deficiencies
in their education | PennLive letters
PennLive Letters to
the Editor by Doria Foote, Warrington Township, York County Updated Jun 13, 8:27 AM; Posted Jun 13, 8:07 AM
House Bills 526 and
34 are currently being proposed before the Pennsylvania Congress. If these bills
pass, they will deny our rights to choose which public schools our children
attend. I have a 12-year-old son and he attended the local elementary for four
years. While the school was decent, I felt like it was failing my family in
certain areas, like educational needs/support, safety, and communication. As a
parent, it is my duty to provide my son with the best educational support that
I can. So, my husband and I made the decision to transfer to Commonwealth
Charter Academy. In the state of Pennsylvania, many schools are not being held
accountable for the lack of education they are providing their students. So
many of the students who enter cyber school are behind two or more years
academically or are in need of special educational intervention. District run
cyber schools won’t fix the problem, but exacerbate it. Fortunately cyber
schools have been in existence for over 17 years and provide educational
services for all students needs. They focus on what works for each student,
rather than that of the student body. Cyber school is the right choice for our
family. It is our choice to attend a school we feel is providing our son with
the best possible chance at a successful future. My hope is that lawmakers will
listen to both sides of the aisle before they vote to change our children’s
futures.
Size of Pennsylvania budget surplus may be less important
than whether it actually exists
By FORD TURNER | THE MORNING CALL | JUN 13, 2019 | 8:44 PM
While state leaders
are heading into budget season with a projected general fund surplus of $866
million, some who follow state budgeting say the number paints a too rosy
picture. The projection of the extra revenue came last month from the
Independent Fiscal Office, which cited unanticipated major inflows of corporate
net income taxes and sales-and-use taxes. The state requires that a use tax be
paid when a consumer buys a taxable item from a seller who does not collect the
tax. But observers at the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and the
Commonwealth Foundation, generally viewed as occupying opposing ends of the
political spectrum, said in separate interviews the numbers are illusory. “I
think the jury is still out on how much of a surplus we really have,” PBPC
Director Marc Stier said. Foundation Director of Policy Analysis Elizabeth
Stelle said, “Most of that surplus has already been spent on current year
spending.” In February, Wolf announced a proposed $34.1 billion budget for
2019-2020 with spending about 4% above the current budget. In May, updated
revenue projections put out by the Independent Fiscal Office included the
projected $866 million surplus. Stier and Stelle, while viewing the figure from
different ideological vantage points, said it was misleading to view the figure
in a vacuum.
“No merger for
Freire charters
The board
unanimously denied an application by Freire Charter Schools to form a Multiple
Charter School Organization. The designation, created in 2017 by state law,
would have allowed Freire to merge its two Philadelphia charter schools under
the auspices of a new organization, with the schools governed by a single
board.
No charter —
again — for dance-focused school
The board again unanimously rejected a revised application for the Joan Myers Brown
Academy, proposed by String Theory Schools for West Philadelphia. Named for the Philadanco founder, it would have been String Theory’s third charter
school in the city.”
Philly school board votes to close CHAD; rejects creation
of new charter authority
Inquirer by Maddie Hanna, Updated: June 13, 2019- 3:01 PM
The Philadelphia
school board voted Thursday to accept the Charter High School for Architecture
and Design’s agreement to close after the next school year, with the
possibility of continuing the school under district management. But exactly
what will happen to the design-focused school, which was facing nonrenewal by
the district for academic and compliance reasons, is still unclear. Officials
said the agreement — which eliminated the need for the board and charter to go
through lengthy and expensive
nonrenewal hearings —
didn’t mean the district would necessarily take over the school, or create a
new design program. As for the school’s future beyond next year, Naomi Wyatt,
chief of staff to Superintendent William R. Hite Jr., said that it was still to
be determined. Opened in 1999 with the goal of sending more African American
students into architecture, the struggling Center City school agreed to
surrender its charter on June 30, 2020, in exchange for the board calling off
nonrenewal hearings that were scheduled to begin this week. The
agreement also
included a commitment by the district and CHAD to explore the creation of a
design-focused school or program.
Philly School board approves one charter request and
denies two others
Freire is
the first charter operator to apply for a Multiple Charter School Organization
in Philadelphia. It was unanimously rejected by the board.
The notebook by Greg Windle June 13 — 5:31 pm, 2019
The Philadelphia
Board of Education made decisions on three charter school matters Thursday,
closing one school, denying a revised application for a new charter, and
shooting down the first application from a charter school operator to
incorporate all of its schools into one entity. The board had already voted to
begin closing Charter High School of Architecture & Design (CHAD), and the
charter school was preparing to fight the decision in upcoming hearings. But on
Thursday, the school board voted to accept a last-minute agreement with CHAD to
close the school voluntarily. CHAD will close in June 2020, and the District
will work with the school to find other high schools for its remaining
students. The District and CHAD worked together on a Memorandum of
Understanding to “explore the establishment of an architecture and design
school or program managed by the School District,” according to the school
board resolution. However, the school will close regardless of whether the two
are able to agree on a plan. “We don’t have a design-thinking program in the
District,” said Superintendent William Hite. “CHAD has developed a
design-thinking school, and we have an opportunity to work with them.” Design-thinking
is a teaching technique that uses hands-on projects to teach students creative
problem-solving.
Parents fuming after their kindergartners are booted from
S. Philly elementary to make room for kids from wealthier school
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham June 13, 2019
Some South
Philadelphia schools are bursting at the seams, increasingly full with
middle-class families choosing to stay in Philadelphia and invest in its public
school system. But a recent Philadelphia School District decision to give away
kindergarten seats at Nebinger Elementary, a diverse and largely low-income
school, to the overflow children from its neighbor Meredith
Elementary, a whiter
and wealthier school, has sparked controversy since the decision was announced
this week. “That the district is making Meredith’s more affluent and privileged
families entitled to seats that should belong to Nebinger’s students is a
disgrace to the system and harmful to the character of our community,” the
Nebinger PTA wrote in an open letter to the school community. Just 25 percent
of Meredith students live in poverty; 65 percent are white. Nebinger looks more
like the district as a whole: 98 percent of students live in poverty, and most
are children of color. Only 23 percent are white. The situation, which will
continue to recur and could affect more school across the city, speaks to the
immediate need for a citywide
school facilities planning process, which has never been completed. The school district recently announced
one that will kick off in the fall, but both Meredith and Nebinger families say
that any solutions it proposes will come too late.
Philly’s Nebinger parents circulate letter blasting
District for not accepting siblings for kindergarten
The school
is designated for the "overflow" from nearby Meredith. District
officials cite a three-year-old policy, but say they may accommodate some
Nebinger families if there is room.
The notebook by Dale Mezzacappa June 13 — 5:36 pm, 2019
Parents of students
enrolled in Nebinger Elementary School in South Philadelphia are upset that
they will not be able to automatically enroll their younger children in
kindergarten in the fall because Nebinger has been designated as an overflow
school for students squeezed out of nearby Meredith. A statement being
circulated on social media by the Nebinger PTA said that the District “rescinded registration” for
more than a dozen siblings of current students whose families live “out of
catchment,” meaning that they don’t live in the school’s designated feeder
area. More than half of Nebinger’s students are in this category. The letter
calls the situation a “disgrace” and accuses the District of favoring the more
affluent parents from Meredith over the families who are already a part of the
Nebinger community. “While we have sympathy for families in the Meredith
catchment that Meredith cannot accommodate, this overcrowding is not Nebinger’s
problem,” said the PTA’s letter. Nebinger PTA secretary Michele Ditto estimated
that “less than 20” families are affected. Many of the children in question had
already met their teachers and seen their classrooms, she said. Despite this,
the families received letters dated June 10, nearly a week after school closed,
telling them their children did not have seats in the school after all. Based
on what they felt were assurances, some of these families turned down spots in
other kindergartens, Ditto said.
Pa. committee to study consolidation of school districts
WFMZ By: 69 News Posted: Jun 12, 2019 02:35 PM EDT Updated: Jun 12, 2019
03:48 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. -
When it comes to the future of public education in Pennsylvania, some state
lawmakers have some studying ahead of them. Specifically, the bipartisan group
of senators plans to look at possibly consolidating the state's 500 school
districts. "With 500 school districts in Pennsylvania this issue must be
reviewed carefully," said Sen. David Argall, a Republican who represents
Berks and Schuylkill counties and chairs the majority committee. "Senator
[Lisa] Boscola and I are hosting this bipartisan workshop to consider the
benefits and disadvantages of school district consolidation." The Senate
Majority Policy Committee and the Senate Democrat Policy Committee announced
Wednesday that they will convene a public workshop discussion next Monday. "Our
goal for the workshop is to listen to stakeholders from across Pennsylvania
about the potential impacts both good and bad resulting from school district
consolidation," said Boscola, a Democrat who represents Lehigh and
Northampton counties and chairs the Democratic committee. "Any proposal
that would potentially keep taxpayer dollars in the pockets of citizens and
improve our public education system is worth studying." The current number
of school districts in Pennsylvania is down from more than 2,200 in the 1960s,
but Argall said he thinks that number can still be smaller. "In Maryland,
each of that state's 23 counties and the city of Baltimore only has one school
district," Argall said. "Do we really need 500?" The public
workshop is scheduled for Monday at 10 a.m. in Room 461 of the main Capitol
building in Harrisburg.
PSBA’s Transgender Legal Update revised
Revisions have been
made to the transgender update article on PSBA's website. The changes reflect
recent developments.
Transgender Legal
Update (June 3, 2019)
This update includes important information
about the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari on appeal from the U.S.
Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Doe v. Boyertown Area School District.
For many years,
PSBA has urged its members to work with transgender students and their families
to meet the needs of individual students and to provide all students with a
safe and supportive school environment. It is essential that public
school districts in Pennsylvania stay informed about the evolving legal
landscape in the area of transgender students’ rights, and be aware of the
trend in favor of supporting those students that has been emerging from court
decisions and state agency guidelines.
Harrisburg school officials hear independent report
citing 'toxic’ culture, underperforming students
Penn Live By Sean Sauro |
ssauro@pennlive.com Posted Jun
13, 9:04 PM
Faced with
ongoing academic
and financial failures, Harrisburg
School District officials
were told Thursday that it’s time to accept their faults before they can start
working toward improvements.
That was the
message of Rob Jentsch, managing director at Mass Insight Education & Research, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit hired by the state to study the
district. “In so many ways the first step toward improvement is acknowledging
that there are growth areas,” he said On Thursday, Jentsch appeared before
members of Harrisburg’s Recovery Plan Advisory Committee to present the study’s
findings, identifying both strengths and weaknesses in the district, which
serves about 6,500 students. The district entered recovery status — a level of
state oversight — in December 2012, and officials then adopted a recovery plan
with a goal of making improvements toward academic and financial stability. A
chief recovery officer is appointed to oversee that process. In October, state
Education Secretary Pedro Rivera selected Janet Samuels — a former classroom
teacher, principal and superintendent — as the third person
to serve in the role in
Harrisburg.
Wallingford-Swarthmore taxes will rise 3.2 percent
Delco Times By Neil
A. Sheehan Times Correspondent June 13, 2019
NETHER PROVIDENCE
>> Taxes are set to increase by 3.2 percent for property owners in the
Wallingford-Swarthmore School District beginning July 1 following a final vote
on the district’s 2019-20 fiscal roadmap. The school board voted 6-1 in favor
of the roughly $84.6-million budget on June 10. Board member Robert Reiger cast
the lone opposing vote while two other members were absent. For a home assessed
at the district average of $179,000, with a current annual school tax bill of
$8,109, the new budget would result in additional $260 in taxes. Meanwhile, for
a homeowner with a property assessed at $337,000, with an annual bill of
$17,079 at present, the new rate would lead to another $549 in taxes. Board
member Damon Orsetti offered a defense of the boost in taxes before the vote.
He stressed that he didn’t like the idea of raising taxes, especially since he
represents one of the less-affluent sections of the district. However, “when I
talk to my constituents, I know that our responsibility is to fully fund the
schools. We do not have many options,” Orsetti said. “And I believe that voting
against the tax increase is voting to not fund the schools, which in effect is
a vote to weaken our schools and weaken our community.” Answering concerns
about the district’s lack of a commercial tax base and payroll taxes, he said
those are “red herrings.” “For anyone who wants to do something, you need to
lobby our representatives in Harrisburg” to increase funding for schools,
including help with the financial burden presented by soaring teacher pension
obligations.
Udall, Romney Introduce Smoke-Free Schools Act to Ban
E-Cigarette Use in Schools
Legislation
clearly establishes that e-cigarette use has reached epidemic levels among
young people
Senator Udall’s
Website JUNE 13, 2019
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Mitt
Romney (R-Utah) introduced The Smoke-Free Schools Act of 2019 to help
school districts and local education agencies address the surge of
e-cigarettes in schools. The legislation would ban e-cigarette use in
educational and childcare facilities and lays outs findings to support the
conclusion that e-cigarette use in schools and among youth has reached the
level of a public health epidemic. “Across America, high schoolers are
receiving their hard-earned diplomas – but we cannot stand by as millions
of students graduate to a life-long nicotine addiction courtesy of
electronic cigarettes they picked up in school. While e-cigarette companies
have promised to address the alarming rates of youth vaping – they continue to
use enticing flavors and deceptive marketing tactics to hook an entirely new
generation of children on tobacco products in order to fatten their
profits,” said Udall. “The enormous progress we made in
reducing youth tobacco use is now in serious jeopardy in New Mexico
and across the country. Our schools are on the front lines of this
epidemic, which is why I am proud to take strong action with Senator
Romney to ban e-cigarette use in schools to protect the public health of our
students and their families.”
“In my home state
of Utah, the use of electronic cigarettes has nearly doubled in the last five
years, with young Utahns most likely to be introduced to vaping while they are
in school. By banning the use of electronic cigarettes in schools, we are
taking an important step to protect the health of young people in Utah and
across the nation,” said Romney.
A very happy 50th birthday to ‘The Very Hungry
Caterpillar’
WHYY/NPR By Neda
Ulaby June 13,
2019
On average, every
30 seconds someone in the world buys a copy of The Very Hungry
Caterpillar. Maybe it’s for a grandchild, an expectant parent or a dear
friend’s new baby. Nearly 50 million copies have been sold since the classic
picture book was first published in 1969, and it has been translated into over
62 languages. Author Eric Carle, now 89 years old, lives in Key West, Fla. He
was too frail to talk with NPR for this story, but earlier this year, Penguin
Random House released a commemorative video of Carle musing on the book’s success. “I think it is a book of
hope,” he says. He’s wearing suspenders and a shirt that matches his lively
blue eyes. “Children need hope. You, little insignificant caterpillar, can grow
up into a beautiful butterfly and fly into the world with your talent. Will I
ever be able to do that? Yes, you will. I think that is the appeal of that
book.
“Well, I should
know. I did the book, after all!”
EPLC is accepting
applications for the 2019-20 PA Education Policy Fellowship Program
Education Policy & Leadership Center
PA's premier education policy leadership program for education, policy
& community leaders with 582 alumni since 1999. Application with program
schedule & agenda are at http://www.eplc.org
PA Education Leaders to Hold Advocacy Day 2019 in
Harrisburg June 18th
PA Principals
Association Press Release June 5th, 2019
(Harrisburg, PA) —
A delegation of principals, education leaders and staff from the Pennsylvania
Principals Association, the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators
(PASA) and the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) will
participate in PA Education Leaders Advocacy Day 2019 (#paadvocacyday19) on
Tuesday, June 18 at the Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pa., to meet with
legislators to address several important issues that are at the forefront of
education in the commonwealth. These include: Increasing Basic Education
Funding/Special Education Funding/Early Childhood Funding; Revising Act 82:
Principal and Teacher Evaluations; Supporting Pre-K Education; Supporting
Changes to Pennsylvania’s Compulsory School Attendance Ages; and Supporting and
Funding Career and Technical Education.
PA League of Women Voters 2019 Convention Registration
Crowne Plaza in Reading June 21-23, 2019
DEADLINES
May 22, 2019 –
Deadline to get special room rates at Crowne
Plaza Hotel
Book Hotel
or call: 1 877 666 3243
May 31, 2019 –
Deadline to register as a delegate for the Convention
June 7, 2019 –
Deadline to register for the Convention
Registration: https://www.palwv.org/2019-convention-registration/
PA Schools Work Capitol Caravan Days Wed. June 5th
and Tues. June 18th
If you couldn’t
make it to Harrisburg last week, it’s not too late. We are getting down to the
wire. In a few short weeks, the budget will likely be passed. Collectively, our
voices have a larger impact to get more funding for Pennsylvania’s students.
Legislators need to hear from you!
Public Citizens for
Children and Youth (PCCY) will be at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 5th and
Tuesday, June 18th for our next PA Schools
Work caravan days. We’d love to have you join us on these
legislative visits. For more details about the caravans and to sign up, go
to: www.pccy.org/k12caravan . Please call Tomea Sippio-Smith at (O) 215-563-5848, ext. 36
or (C) 215-667-9421 or Shirlee Howe at (O) 215-563-5848, ext. 34 or (C)
215-888-8297 with any questions or specific requests for legislative meetings.
2019 PASA-PSBA School
Leadership Conference Oct. 16-18, 2019
WHERE: Hershey Lodge and
Convention Center 325 University Drive, Hershey, PA
WHEN: Wednesday, October
16 to Friday, October 18, 201
Registration is now open!
Growth from knowledge acquired. Vision inspired by innovation. Impact
created by a synergized leadership community. You are called upon to be the
drivers of a thriving public education system. It’s a complex and challenging
role. Expand your skillset and give yourself the tools needed for the
challenge. Packed into two and a half daysꟷꟷgain access to top-notch education
and insights, dynamic speakers, peer learning opportunities and the latest
product and service innovations. Come to the PASA-PSBA School Leadership
Conference to grow!
NPE Action National
Conference - Save the Date - March 28-29, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA.
The window is now open for workshop proposals for the Network for Public
Education conference, March 28-29, 2020, in Philadelphia. I hope you all sign
on to present on a panel and certainly we want all to attend. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NBCNDKK
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