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Over 275 PA school boards have adopted charter reform
resolutions
Taxpayers in House Majority Caucus Chair Marci Toepel’s school
districts paid over $6.4 million in 2018-2019 cyber charter tuition. Statewide,
PA taxpayers paid over $600 million for cyber charter tuition in 2018-2019.
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Boyertown Area SD
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$2,293,939.62
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Perkiomen Valley SD
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$650,097.60
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Pottsgrove SD
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$1,402,025.00
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Souderton Area SD
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$864,060.43
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Upper Perkiomen SD
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$1,222,891.10
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$6,433,013.75
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Data Source: PDE via PSBA
Over 275 PA school boards have adopted charter reform
resolutions
Charter school funding reform continues to be
a concern as over 275 school boards across the state have adopted a resolution
calling for legislators to enact significant reforms to the Charter School Law
to provide funding relief and ensure all schools are held to the same quality
and ethics standards. Now more than ever, there is a growing momentum from
school officials across the state to call for charter school funding reform.
Legislators are hearing loud and clear that school districts need relief from the
unfair funding system that results in school districts overpaying millions of
dollars to charter schools.
The school boards from the following
districts have adopted resolutions calling for charter funding reform.
Philly-Area Charters Collect $30 Million+ in PPP Funding
Diane Ravitch’s Blog By
dianeravitch July 13, 2020 //
Charters in the Philadelphia area received
more than $30 million in Paycheck Protection
Program funds, while public schools in
Philadelphia continue to be systematically underfunded. The big winner in the
PPP sweepstakes is the for-profit Chester Community Charter School, owned by a
major Republican donor and billionaire. One of the largest loans, between $5
million and $10 million, went to Chester Community Charter School (CCCS), which
is operated by a for-profit management company owned by wealthy Republican
donor Vahan Gureghian. The loan was received by Archway Charter School of
Chester, Inc., which is the nonprofit name for CCCS under which it files its
990 tax form. The CCCS charter already received more than $2.5 million from
the CARES Act, intended for public schools. So CCCS, which aims for a complete
takeover and privatization of its district, is funded both as a “public school”
and a small business. The most recent 990 form on file for Archway and
available in Guidestar, which is for 2017, reports that almost all its more than
$66 million in revenue comes from “government grants.” Gureghian has resisted
releasing any information about his management company’s profits, but the 990
reports $18 million in management costs. Chester Community is among those
pursuing a court case that could privatize the management of all the schools in
Chester. Charters already educate most of the K-8 students in the district.
“A Fair Funding Formula passed in 2016 was a step in the right
direction but only covers 10% of our state education funds. The Pennsylvania
legislature needs to enact a bill that calls for distributing 100% of these
funds according to the formula. It is alarming to me to realize that we tolerate
conditions for children of color that we would never allow for our own
children. One small thing we can do is to call on our state legislators to take
the next step on fair funding for all Pennsylvania public school students.”
LTE: Education inequities in Pennsylvania
Bucks County Courier Time Linda C. Wisniewski,
Doylestown Township Posted at 5:15 AM
At a time when the heartache of our country’s
structural racism is in the forefront of the news, white Americans like myself
wonder what we can do to correct what seem like overwhelming problems. One
small beginning is to educate ourselves on the way inequality is embedded in
our public institutions. When I joined the Bucks County chapter of POWER, an
interfaith grassroots organization, I was shocked to learn that Pennsylvania
ranks lowest of all 50 states in state education funding covering only 35% of
total costs compared to an average of 50% in other states. Local school
districts have to make up the remaining 65% mainly through property taxes,
putting low-income districts at a disadvantage. And even worse for students of
color, a study by the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania found that our
state’s Basic Education Funding distributes $2,100 per student less to
districts with the fewest white students. That’s about $2,000 more per student
in districts with the most white students, even adjusting for other factors
like poverty.
Teacher safety matters as Philly makes plans to reopen
school amid coronavirus | Opinion
Jerry Jordan, For The Inquirer Posted: July
14, 2020 - 5:00 AM
Jerry Jordan is the President of the
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
As we consider how to safely reopen school
buildings, it is imperative that our efforts reflect the non-negotiable needs
of Philadelphia’s schoolchildren and educators. The PFT today released its
reopening guidance which is rooted in the need to
protect students and staff from this deadly virus. The stakes are too high if
we don’t get this right. Since the closure of school buildings, PFT
members have completed 17,000 surveys regarding remote learning and reopening models. The most
favored model for reopening is a hybrid model, where students would come into
buildings part time in shifts. However, recent national surges in COVID cases
and plateauing local cases, combined with new evidence of childhood infection
and airborne spread, certainly call the feasibility of this into
question. Educators want to be back in buildings doing the job they love
— if it is, and remains, safe. Remote learning simply does not meet the
needs of many of our students, and is particularly challenging for students
with special needs, English learners, and young students. We must do all we can
to ensure that vulnerable students receive the services they need to thrive.
Pittsburgh Public Schools set to reveal reopening plan
Tuesday
ANDREW GOLDSTEIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette agoldstein@post-gazette.com JUL 13,
2020
Pittsburgh Public Schools administrators will
unveil their preliminary reopening plan for the district Tuesday evening, just
six weeks before students are expected to return to class. The
state Department of Education required all Pennsylvania schools to create
health and safety guidelines for the 2020-21 academic year as they attempt to
reopen for the first time since mid-March when the COVID-19 pandemic forced
them to close. The district’s reopening plan has been informed by
committees composed of more than 300 stakeholders who have put forth
recommendations on academic programming, school operations, family
support, community coordination and more in the time of COVID-19. Members
of the public will be able to view administrators release the “All in to Reopen
Our Schools” plan Tuesday at 5 p.m. on the district’s Facebook page.
Should school kids return to school in September? |
Pro/Con
Inquirer Staff Reports Posted: July 13, 2020 - 11:34 AM
To reopen or not to reopen? That’s the
question on the minds of parents and educators all over the country as schools
wonder what the coronavirus pandemic effects will be in the fall. Philadelphia
School District officials expect to release a plan this week. Like districts
all over the country, they’re charting their own course in the absence of
federal guidance. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said last week that
“Kids need to be back in school, and school leaders across the country need to
be making plans to do just that.” Meanwhile, issues of safety are being
balanced with a need for parents to get back to work and for students to resume
more normal education, socialization, and development. To tap into this debate,
The Inquirer asked two Philadelphia nurses and activists as well as an
educational policy analyst to weigh the pros and cons.
Remote learning, cyber school part of New
Kensington-Arnold’s plan for 2020-21 school year
Trib Live by BRIAN C. RITTMEYER | Tuesday, July
14, 2020 4:54 a.m.
New Kensington-Arnold School District’s plan
for the coming school year includes remote learning for students who don’t want
to go back to the district’s buildings because of the covid-19 virus. The
district will also be providing a cyber program, the district announced. The
district’s reopening plan will be presented to the school board and public
during a committee meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The meeting will be
held virtually on the Zoom platform; information on how to view and participate
in the meeting is available on the
district’s website. The state is requiring districts to
create health and safety plans for the 2020-21 school year. New
Kensington-Arnold’s plan includes feedback from a survey of district parents
and guardians. In June, based on early survey results, Superintendent John
Pallone said the district was projecting that up to 600
students won’t come back to buildings in
the fall because of covid-19.
Burrell works on new covid-19 school plan; hikes school
taxes 3%
Trib Live by MARY ANN THOMAS | Monday, July
13, 2020 8:34 p.m.
Burrell School District is holding meetings
with staff and families this month to develop plans and handle concerns about
covid-19, which played a large role in the district’s recent school tax hike of
nearly 3% for 2020-21. Late last month, the school board approved a $32.1
million budget calling for a 3 mill real estate tax increase. The average owner
of a home assessed at $22,900 and who takes advantage of the state Homestead
Act will pay an additional $68 for 2020-21, said Tricia Shank, school board president.
One mill brings in about $150,000. “Like every school district, payments to the
Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System and covid-19 related
expenses impacted the budget and the unexpected impact of covid-19 will
continue,” she said.
Leechburg Area to resume in-person classes in August,
offer online instruction to those who want it
Trib Live by MADASYN
LEE | Monday, July
13, 2020 5:44 p.m.
Leechburg Area School District plans to
reopen Aug. 26, and will offer online-only classes for students who aren’t
comfortable going back to an in-person school setting. Because the school
buildings are in Armstrong County, the district will be following that county’s
guidelines. The district is made up of students from Leechburg and Gilpin in
Armstrong County and West Leechburg in Westmoreland County. “We understand that
there is a lot of fear regarding covid-19 and coming back to school with other
students,” Superintendent Tiffany Nix said in a statement. “We want
your children with us, but we also understand hesitation and worry.” The
district plans to return to full-time, in-person instruction, but families not
comfortable with their children returning to the classroom will have the option
of signing their children up for Leechburg Area Cyber Academy. The Cyber
Academy is free.
Dallas officials review school reopening plans
Citizens’ Voice By MICHAEL P. BUFFER STAFF WRITER Jul 13,
2020 Updated 54 min ago
Food service will be a challenge when Dallas
schools reopen for students Aug. 26, Director of Operations Jason Rushmer said
during Monday’s school board meeting. “.... to maximize our 6 feet distancing,
we are restructuring our eating spaces to include both the cafeteria and
gymnasium in most cases. .... So one of of the challenges that goes to the
holistic health of our children is individual seating. You can’t sit with
someone else. You can’t have a shared table and a conversation,” Rushmer said. Because
of the COVID-19 pandemic, students will be required to wear masks or facial
covers when unable to socially distance from at least 6 feet, and they won’t be
able to wear masks or facial covers when eating and drinking. The Dallas School
District is planning four modes — a complete closure with remote instruction,
in-person instruction, restricted in-person instruction and a hybrid plan. The
hybrid plan splits the student population of into two groups, and each group
rotates between physically going to school and remote instruction. Dallas has
not determined which of the plans will be in place on the first day of school,
and officials want the district to be able to pivot from mode to mode during
the school year. Dallas parents need to be prepared for all four modes, Rushmer
said during Monday’s meeting on the Zoom platform.
Philly students, teachers, alumni march against racism in
schools
Speakers focus on declining numbers of Black
students at the city's most selective magnet schools.
The notebook by Neena Hagen July 12 — 10:58
pm, 2020
From toxins in educational facilities, to
plummeting representation at selective schools, to white classmates casually
dropping the n-word, Black students in Philadelphia say they face racism all
the time and they are fed up. That rage spilled over in a Sunday protest
where hundreds of students, alumni, teachers, and community members packed
Center City to demand justice for the more than 100,000 Black students in the
city’s District and charter schools. They marched from City Hall to the
District’s headquarters, at 440 N. Broad St. “Walk as if you’re transforming
education with your feet,” said Keziah Ridgeway, a teacher at Northeast High
School and graduate of Philadelphia High School for Girls. “I am where I am
today in spite of my racist counselor and racist teachers.” The march was
organized by teacher groups, including the Melanated Educators Collective and
the Racial Justice Organizing Committee.
Will the 'Raiders' finally become history in Radnor?
RADNOR – The Radnor School Board and
Superintendent Kenneth E. Batchelor have called a special meeting Aug. 4 to
listen to the community debate the use of “Raiders” as a Radnor High School
nickname and mascot going forward. The meeting comes in the wake of pressure
applied by various activists including the student-led Radnor For Reform (https://www.instagram.com/radnorforreform/)
initiative dedicated to “removing any cultural references from the Radnor
mascot with the goal of fostering an inclusive environment.” It also comes as
national teams like the Washington football franchise decided to retire its
"Redskins" nickname and logo and the Cleveland Indians baseball team
mulls a similar action. In Radnor the movement is led by seniors Audrey
Margolies and Anne Griffin, and junior Ellie Davis, the student representative
to the government relations and communications committee to the school board.
Radnor For Reform can see light at the end of the tunnel after a fight that
began long before the civil rights demonstrations rocking the country.
Susquehanna Township School District must stop using
Indians as its mascot | Opinion
Penn Live Opinion By Allyn Rosenberger Updated
Jul 13, 2020; Posted Jul 13, 2020
Allyn Rosenberger is 2013 graduate of
Susquehanna Township High School and lives in Harrisburg.
The Susquehanna Township School District’s
(STSD) use of an Indian mascot must permanently be discontinued. The mascot is
wholly offensive to Native people and nations; its continued use blatantly
disregards the humanity of Native Americans and wrongfully compresses their
diversity into a harmful stereotype. A review of decades of social science
research documented that
Indian sports mascots harmfully “perpetuate negative associations of and
attitudes towards Native Americans.” The Indian mascot is a remnant of an era
in which racism and bigotry were tolerated; the continued use of the stereotype
contributes to a deliberate disregard for the personhood of Native peoples.
Among STSD’s core
values are:
- The
environment is safe and supportive.
- Our
diversity is our strength.
The use of an Indian mascot directly
contradicts both of these values. The acceptance of the “tomahawk” gesture at
sporting events, wearing of war paint and Native American headdresses to show
school spirit, and continued use of the name Susquehanna Indians creates
neither a safe nor diverse community. These practices do not celebrate the
Susquehannock Tribe which inspired the mascot, but rather demean and degrade
its important legacy.
Neshaminy, Council Rock North nicknames under scrutiny
again
Buckks County Courier Times By Chris
English @CourierEnglish Posted Jul 13,
2020
In the light of some professional sports
developments, there are again calls for Neshaminy to change its “Redskins” and
Council Rock North its “Indians” nicknames for their sports teams. The move by
some professional sports teams to possibly change their Native American
nicknames has revived the debate about whether local high schools should do the
same. With the National Football League’s Washington and Major League
Baseball’s Cleveland looking hard at changing their nicknames, some are saying
these developments on a professional level just lend further weight to the
argument for changing the Redskins name for sports teams at Neshaminy High
School and the Indians nickname for teams at Council Rock High School North. Both
nicknames are considered by many to be racist and offensive, and Washington
head coach Ron Rivera and Cleveland Manager Terry Francona have both said they
favor changing their teams’ names. “The energy around the Washington team’s
mascot gives me hope that Neshaminy will move forward in a positive way and
stop dividing our community,” Neshaminy High School teacher Suzi Drake said.
PDE issues updated guidance for calculation of CARES Act
funds to private schools
POSTED ON JULY 13, 2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
The Pennsylvania Department of Education
(PDE) has updated its guidance on calculating and administering federal CARES
Act funds for equitable services to private schools. The PDE guidance was
updated to reflect the provisions of an Interim Final Rule (IFR)
recently issued by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that further outlined
expectations for school districts in distributing CARES funds to private
schools. The new IFR revises the nonbinding, nonregulatory guidance issued by
ED in late April. The IFR has the full force of law and is effective
immediately, although there is still a process for the public to provide
comment for 30 days. For more information about this updated guidance
from PDE, view PSBA’s recently released Special Legislative Report.
Getting Kids to School: Tackling the COVID-19
Transportation Problem
Of all the complex decisions education
leaders face as they plan to reopen schools for the 2020-21 academic year, the
toughest one might be the most basic: how to get students to the buildings in
the first place.
Education Week Published: July 8, 2020
These times are unprecedented. Through these
eight installments, we will explore the steps administrators need to take to
ensure the safety of students and faculty.
> Full report: How We Go Back to School
> Part 1: Socially Distanced School Day
> Part 2: Scheduling and Staffing
> Up next: Remote Learning
> Part 1: Socially Distanced School Day
> Part 2: Scheduling and Staffing
> Up next: Remote Learning
It’s not a question districts and schools can
punt. Federal law requires transportation for certain groups of students,
namely those with disabilities and homeless children. And district-provided
transportation is a necessity for many of the estimated 15 million children who
ride a school bus each weekday. How districts handle the question of student transportation
will depend on the scheduling option they choose, whether it’s remote
instruction, traditional in-person classes, or a combination of the two. The
choices are likely to be costly at a time when school budgets are shrinking.
Following physical distancing guidelines means it will take more buses to
transport the same numbers of students to school each day. Students’ health may
need to be monitored before they even step on the bus, and personal protective
equipment must be available when students don’t wear their own.
NSBA Statement on Public Schools Opening in the Fall
Alexandria, Va., July 09, 2020
Anna Maria Chávez, Executive Director &
CEO National School Boards Association, issued a statement regarding schools
opening in the fall:
"Public schools have risen to meet an
unprecedented challenge to continue educating schoolchildren during the
COVID-19 pandemic—an emergency unforeseen by most of the world. Public school
districts faced a great test to continue educating schoolchildren, providing
meals, and stretching their resources to do more to help students and their
families. Parents, school boards, superintendents, principals, educators, and
administrators adapted to an upended environment with great speed and agility
to meet students’ needs. As local school boards plan for opening in the fall,
their number one priority is to do everything within their means to provide
students with a high-quality education in a safe and healthy learning
atmosphere.
"The decision to open school buildings
is best made at the local level. Each community is unique with different
student needs, different infrastructure, and different resources. School
boards, the stewards of education for more than 50 million students, know that
successfully preventing or mitigating the spread of COVID-19 requires a
multi-prong approach tailored to a school district’s needs. Every school board
member is carefully weighing the information that is available and each school
board is working with parents and health officials to make the best decision for
the students and families in their community.
"Public schools have an amazing capacity
to adapt to changing circumstances. Many school districts are now better
equipped to facilitate remote learning, but students and school staff need more
support—including from the federal government—to continue the progress that was
started in March. In addition, the federal government has an essential role to
play in providing resources to protect students’ health and welfare.
"With the right federal commitment, this
challenging period can be turned into a transformational opportunity to improve
student learning as public schools innovate."
“There’s a public health imperative to keep schools from
becoming a petri dish,” said Austin Beutner, the Los Angeles school district’s
superintendent.
Los Angeles and San Diego Schools to Go Online-Only in
the Fall
California’s two largest districts made the
joint call amid a White House push to get children back into classrooms.
New York Times By Shawn
Hubler and Dana Goldstein July 13, 2020
SACRAMENTO — California’s two largest public
school districts said on Monday that instruction would be online-only in the
fall, in the latest sign that school administrators are increasingly unwilling
to risk crowding students back into classrooms until the coronavirus is fully
under control. The school districts in Los Angeles and San Diego, which
together enroll some 825,000 students, are the largest in the country to
abandon plans for even a partial physical return to classrooms when they reopen
in August. The decision came as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced some of the most
sweeping rollbacks yet of California’s plans to reopen.
Indoor operations for restaurants, bars, wineries, movie theaters and zoos were
shut down statewide on Monday, and churches, gyms, hair salons, malls and other
businesses were shuttered for four-fifths of the population.
“We have so politicized the situation we don’t know who we can
trust, and it’s become very clear that we can’t trust her,” said Keri
Rodrigues, the president of the National Parents Union, a collection of 200
advocacy organizations across 50 states representing parents from communities
of color. “It’s as if the Trump administration gave her one sentence that she
was supposed to stick to: Open the economy by any means necessary. Our lives
are not valuable to them at all. We are a means to an end.”
DeVos Abandons a Lifetime of Local Advocacy to Demand
Schools Reopen
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become
the face of the Trump administration’s demands, a stance diametrically opposite
to how she has led the department.
New York Times By Erica
L. Green July 13, 2020
WASHINGTON — As the nation’s public schools
plunged into crisis at the outset of the coronavirus outbreak, Education
Secretary Betsy DeVos stuck to the message of decades of conservative education
advocacy. She championed her trademark policies of local and parental control,
freeing states of federal mandates, loosening rules and funding opportunities
that she said would help schools “rethink education” outside their
brick-and-mortar buildings. But now, as President Trump pushes public schools to
reopen this fall, Ms. DeVos is
demanding they do as Washington says, a stance diametrically opposite to how
she has led the department. Already a partisan lightning rod, she has become
the face of the Trump administration’s efforts to pry open the schoolhouse
doors through force and threats. Her
presence, as arguably the most recognizable and divisive member of the
administration next to Mr. Trump himself, has inflamed a debate that is roiling
communities in every corner of the country.
Cybers charters are paid at the same tuition rates as brick
& mortar charter schools, even though they have none of the expenses associated
with operating school buildings. It has been estimated that cyber charters are
paid approximately twice what it costs them to provide an online education.
Those excess funds are then not available to serve all of the students who
remain in the sending school districts.
Interested in becoming an Advocacy Ambassador? PSBA is seeking
ambassadors to fill anticipated vacancies for Sections 1, 2 and 6.
PSBA Advocacy Ambassador program brings legislators to
you
POSTED ON JULY 1, 2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
PSBA’s Advocacy Ambassador program is a
key resource helping public school leaders connect with their state legislators
on important education issues. Our six ambassadors build strong
relationships with the school leaders and legislators in their areas to support
advocacy efforts at the local level. They also encourage legislators to visit
school districts and create opportunities for you to have positive conversations
and tell your stories about your schools and students. PSBA thanks those school
districts that have worked with their advocacy ambassador and invites those who
have not to reach out to their ambassador to talk about the ways they can
support your advocacy efforts. Interested in becoming an Advocacy Ambassador?
PSBA is seeking ambassadors to fill anticipated vacancies for Sections 1, 2 and
6. For more information contact jamie.zuvich@psba.org.
PSBA Fall Virtual Advocacy Day: OCT 8, 2020 • 8:00
AM - 5:00 PM
Sign up now for PSBA’s Virtual Advocacy Day
this fall!
All public school leaders are invited to join
us for our fall Virtual Advocacy Day on Thursday, October 8, 2020, via Zoom. We
need all of you to help strengthen our advocacy impact. The day will center
around contacting legislators to discuss critical issues affecting public
education. Registrants will receive the meeting invitation with a link to our
fall Virtual Advocacy Day website that contains talking points, a link to
locate contact information for your legislator and additional information to
help you have a successful day.
Cost: As a membership benefit, there is no
cost to register.
Registration: School directors can register
online now by logging in to myPSBA. If you have
questions about Virtual Advocacy Day, or need additional information, contact Jamie.Zuvich@psba.org.
Apply Now for EPLC's 2020-2021 PA Education Policy
Fellowship Program!
Applications are available now for the 2020-2021 Education Policy
Fellowship Program.
The Education Policy Fellowship Program is
sponsored in Pennsylvania by The Education Policy and Leadership Center
(EPLC). The 2020-2021 Program will be conducted in briefer, more
frequent, and mostly online sessions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The content
will be substantially the same as the traditional Fellowship Program, with some
changes necessitated by the new format and a desire to reduce costs to sponsors
in these uncertain fiscal times.
The commitment of EPLC remains the same. The
Fellowship Program will continue to be Pennsylvania's premier education policy
leadership program for education, community, policy and advocacy leaders! The
Fellowship Program begins with two 3-hour virtual sessions on September 17-18,
and the Program ends with a graduation event in June 2021.
The application may be
copied from the EPLC web site, but it must be submitted by mail or scanned and
e-mailed, with the necessary signatures of applicant and sponsor.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of
the Fellowship Program and its requirements, please contact EPLC Executive
Director Ron Cowell at 412-298-4796 or COWELL@EPLC.ORG
Adopt the 2020 PSBA resolution for charter school funding
reform
In this legislative session, PSBA has been
leading the charge with the Senate, House of Representatives and the Governor’s
Administration to push for positive charter reform. We’re now asking you to
join the campaign: Adopt the resolution: We’re asking all school
boards to adopt the 2020 resolution for charter school funding reform at your
next board meeting and submit it to your legislators and to PSBA.
Over 275 PA school boards have adopted charter reform
resolutions
Charter school funding reform continues to be
a concern as over 275 school boards across the state have adopted a resolution
calling for legislators to enact significant reforms to the Charter School Law
to provide funding relief and ensure all schools are held to the same quality
and ethics standards. Now more than ever, there is a growing momentum from
school officials across the state to call for charter school funding reform.
Legislators are hearing loud and clear that school districts need relief from the
unfair funding system that results in school districts overpaying millions of
dollars to charter schools.
Know Your Facts on Funding and Charter Performance. Then
Call for Charter Change!
PSBA Charter Change Website:
The Network for Public Education Action Conference has
been rescheduled to April 24-25, 2021 at the Philadelphia Doubletree Hotel
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