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PA Ed Policy Roundup for September 23, 2020
‘Unfathomable’:
U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
Why are cyber
charter tuition rates the same as brick and mortar tuition?
Taxpayers in House Ed Committee Member Jason Ortitay’s school districts
paid over $3.8 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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Burgettstown Area SD |
$672,658.72 |
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Canon-McMillan SD |
$639,483.73 |
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Chartiers Valley SD |
$546,152.59 |
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Fort Cherry SD |
$390,392.13 |
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South Fayette Township SD |
$314,888.17 |
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Trinity Area SD |
$857,742.04 |
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West Allegheny SD |
$436,627.98 |
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$3,857,945.36 |
Source: PDE via
PSBA
Judge declines to stay ruling on Pennsylvania crowd size
Inquirer by Associated Press, Updated: September
22, 2020- 3:46 PM
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A federal judge on Tuesday
declined to stay his own ruling that Gov. Tom Wolf’s size limits on gatherings
are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV said the
administration had failed to show “imminent and irreparable harm will occur” if
the state can’t limit event crowds to 25 people inside and 250 people outside. State
officials had asked Stickman, an appointee of President Donald Trump, to delay
enforcement of his ruling while they appeal. Stickman’s ruling invalidated key
parts of the Wolf administration’s early pandemic response, including his
orders requiring people to stay at home and shuttering thousands of businesses
deemed “non-life-sustaining.” Wolf, a Democrat, has since eased many of the
restrictions, but Stickman also ruled against the state’s current size limits
on indoor and outdoor gatherings, saying they violate citizens' constitutional
right to assemble. Stickman’s Sept. 14 ruling has already prompted some
Pennsylvania school districts to greatly expand attendance at high school
football games.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-crowd-size-ruling-tom-wolf-20200922.html
Federal judge denies Gov. Tom Wolf’s request for stay on
pandemic restrictions ruling
Penn Live By Jan
Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Updated Sep
22, 2020; Posted Sep 22, 2020
A federal judge on Tuesday denied Gov. Tom
Wolf’s administration’s request for a stay on a federal court decision
that found some of the governor’s COVID-19 pandemic restrictions to be
unconstitutional. The Wolf Administration sought the
stay while appealing U.S. Western District Judge William Stickman IV’s order
that was issued last week
that ruled the governor’s closure of
nonessential business, a stay-at-home order and an order to limit gathering
sizes were unconstitutional. In denying the stay, Stickman said, “the public
interest would be ill served if the court would grant the stay allowing the
unconstitutional measures to remain in place.”
Wolf vetoes sports spectator bill, could face override
Bucks County Courier Times by Tom Reisenweber
treisenweber@timesnews.com Updated
September 22, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday afternoon that
he had vetoed House Bill 2787, which would allow schools to determine their own
spectator policy for high school sports. HB 2787 was introduced by the house on
Sept. 2 and passed by a 155-47 vote. It was sent to the Pennsylvania senate a
few days later for debate and passed 39-11 on Sept. 9. The bill was sent to
Wolf, who had 10 days to sign or veto the bill, and Monday was the 10th day
since the bill hit his desk. Wolf’s veto means that the house and the senate
can vote to override the veto and make the bill a law, but both the house and
senate would need a two-thirds majority vote for the override. Pennsylvania
House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) said in news release
Monday afternoon that the house will vote to override the veto.
Empty veto
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Pittsburgh Post-Gazette SEP
23, 2020 5:27 AM
What’s in a veto? Sometimes, it’s nothing
other than a principled stand, as on Monday when Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a state
House bill that would have allowed individual schools to decide how many
spectators could attend sports games this fall. Because the bill passed both
the House and Senate with a two-thirds majority, the veto is likely a temporary
block only. If it passes with such a strong majority a second time, it’ll
become law, and legislators are champing at the bit to hold an override vote
quickly. Mr. Wolf is continuing to insist that the 250-person cap on outdoor
gatherings provides a measure of safety against catching COVID-19, even after a
federal judge ruled that such broad limitations are unconstitutional, no matter
how well intentioned. (The governor is appealing that decision.) No one is
arguing that congregating doesn’t increase people’s chances of catching the
virus — this is obvious — but the double standard between sporting events and,
say, continued protests is infuriating.
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2020/09/23/Empty-veto/stories/202009220052
State legislators mull override vote on Wolf’s veto on
fan bill
GoErie By Tom
Reisenweber @etnreisenweber Posted
Sep 22, 2020 at 5:51 PM
Pa. house of representatives calls special
session for Wednesday; federal judge refuses to stay his own ruling
Each time Ryan Bizzarro receives a phone call
or email at his offices in Erie or Harrisburg, he has a pretty good idea what
the topic will be. The state representative’s offices have been flooded with
questions and comments about House Bill 2787, which allows school districts to
decide on their own spectator policy for high school sports instead of the
limits of 25 people indoors and 250 outdoors set by Gov. Tom Wolf in a
mitigation order. The calls and emails might stop this week as the Pennsylvania
house of representatives has been called into session on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
for an emergency vote. It is unclear what the vote will be on, but it is likely
the vote will be to decide whether to override Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of HB 2787.
The house was set to meet next week, but the session was called Tuesday after a
federal judge declined to stay his own ruling that Wolf’s size limits on
gatherings are unconstitutional.
More Pa. school districts opt to exceed state limits on
gatherings for sports events
York Dispatch by STEVE HEISER 717-505-5446/@ydsports
September 22, 2020
The number of Pennsylvania school districts
willing to exceed the state’s limits on outdoor and indoor gatherings is
growing. Monday night, LNP reported that
the Eastern Lancaster County School District unanimously voted to increase its
spectator limits at extracurricular events to 33% capacity, which translates
roughly to 148 people indoors and 990 people outdoors. The New Castle News,
meanwhile, is reporting that Ellwood City School
District will allow up to 1,000 people to its homecoming football game on
Friday against Beaver Falls. Ellwood City is located in Lawrence County in
western Pennsylvania. Additionally, the (Greensburg) Tribune-Review
is reporting that Hempfield school
leaders are permitting between 175 and 200 people at girls' volleyball
events and between 1,000 and 1,100 at football events. Hempfield is located in
Westmoreland County.
More than 100 protest after Central board sinks race
curriculum
York Dispatch by Lindsay C VanAsdalan York
Dispatch September 22, 2020
A group of more than 100 people
protested outside the Central York School District administration
building Monday following the school board's failure to approve a social
studies curriculum dealing with diversity and racism. The board last month
tabled a decision on a pilot curriculum after two members took issue with a
resource list provided by the district's diversity committee and its depictions
of race relations, white privilege and police. Superintendent Michael Snell had
clarified that this list was not part of the curriculum itself. The curriculum
was completed before the diversity committee compiled its list of other reading
materials. Monday's protest occurred before the board's September meeting. Ben
Hodge — a Central high school theater teacher who helped organize the
gathering of teachers, staff, students, alumni and residents — said
the community loves, respects and values the district. "It is because of
this love that we feel we have the right and the duty to criticize and question
our leadership on the issues of diversity," he said.
Carlisle School District shuts down in-person classes and
sports for a week over positive COVID tests
Penn Live By Edward
Sutelan | esutelan@pennlive.com Updated Sep
23, 2020; Posted Sep 22, 2020
Carlisle School District will be shutting
down in-person learning and all extra-curricular activities for the week. According
to a press release, obtained by Jake Adams of the Carlisle Sentinel and
confirmed by Carlisle athletic director George Null, the school had three
positive tests and two more presumed positive cases of the coronavirus within
the school. The Thundering Herd had several athletic events planned for the
week, including its season-opener for football against Exeter Township. “Our
school is going to be shut down from Wednesday through Sunday and everything
will be postponed extra-curricular-wise,” Null told PennLive.
COVID-19 case closes Gov. Mifflin HS for rest of week
Classes to be held online; athletics
suspended
WFMZ 69 News Sep 22, 2020 Updated 12 hrs
ago
SHILLINGTON, Pa. - A positive case of
COVID-19 is impacting the academic schedule at another one of Berks County's 18
school districts. Governor Mifflin High School will be off limits to all
students and staff for the rest of the week due to a case of the coronavirus. Officials
said they were made aware of the positive test late Tuesday afternoon. As a
precaution, they said the high school will be closed for a deep cleaning. In
the meantime, all classes will be held online, and all athletic practices and
competitions and extracurricular activities will be suspended. As of now, the
plan is to reopen the high school next Monday, Sept. 28, officials said.
Third Conrad Weiser elementary school staff member tests
positive for coronavirus
Reading Eagle By David Mekeel dmekeel@readingeagle.com
@dmekeel on Twitter September 22, 2020
A third staff member at Conrad Weiser East
Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said
Tuesday. District officials did not identify the employee, but said the
employee had been working in close contact with the previous staff members to
test positive and had already been self-quarantining. It was announced last
week that East Elementary would be closed this week due to
the second positive test in less than two weeks. Students in the district have
been learning virtually since the start of the school year Sept. 8. While the
district has been fully virtual, some staff and students have been using school
buildings. The school board voted last
week to have students at the district's two elementary schools return to
in-person classes Monday. Earlier that day district officials announced the
first positive COVID-19 test of an East Elementary staff member. Conrad Weiser
West Elementary moved forward with the plan have students return to in-person
learning on Monday. East Elementary is now expected to welcome back students on
Sept. 28.
Millcreek School District staff member tests positive for
COVID-19
GoErie Posted
Sep 22, 2020 at 6:33 PM
The staff member is following Erie County
Department of Health guidelines and will isolate at home.
Millcreek Township School District officials
announced on Tuesday that a district staff member has tested positive for
COVID-19. Officials said the staff member is following Erie County Department
of Health guidelines and will isolate at home for the appropriate number of
days. Officials did not list the age, gender or occupation of the staff member
who tested positive for the new coronavirus. All close contacts of the staff
member determined through contract tracing are being notified and will follow
quarantine guidelines, officials said. The district has mitigation efforts in
place, including cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting any affected areas. The
district will continue to follow CDC, state Health Department and state
Education Department guidelines.
Coughlin, Mackin schools closed after positive COVID test
Citizens Voice By JIM REESER CITY EDITOR Sep
22, 2020 Updated 18 hrs ago
The Wilkes-Barre Area School District closed
Coughlin High School and Mackin on Tuesday after an employee tested positive
for COVID-19, superintendent Brian Costello said. Students and teachers are
working remotely Tuesday. All other schools in the district are open, according
to a message on the districts website. Costello said the district has been in
contact with the state department of health and will begin contract tracing.
The district will conduct a deep clean of Coughlin and Mackin. There is no word
at this time when in-person learning will resume at the schools.
No change in Neshaminy reopening plan despite second
COVID-19 case
Chris English Bucks
County Courier Times September 22, 2020
The Neshaminy School District is still scheduled
to start limited in-person instruction Oct. 5 despite a second COVID-19 case in
less than a week, district spokesman Chris Stanley said Tuesday. A staff member
at Pearl S. Buck Elementary School in Middletown tested presumptive positive
for the virus Monday after being involved in orientation sessions at the school
last week, school Principal Brian Kern wrote in a letter emailed to school
parents. This comes less than a week after a student at Maple Point Middle
School, also in Middletown, tested positive late last week after attending an
orientation.
Valley View, Carbondale to delay hybrid openings
Times Tribune BY SARAH HOFIUS HALL STAFF WRITER Sep 22,
2020 Updated 18 min ago
Students in two Lackawanna County school
districts will wait at least a month longer to return to their classrooms. The
Valley View and Carbondale Area school districts had considered reopening with
a hybrid model in the next two weeks, but officials have decided to remain
virtual through the end of the first grading period. That means Valley View
students could go back Nov. 2, while Carbondale students will stay virtual
until at least Nov. 10. Five Lackawanna County school districts — Abington
Heights, Carbondale, Lakeland, Scranton and Valley View — opted to start the
school year virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The remaining districts
opened with hybrid models, meaning most students learn in person two days a
week and from home the other days. All districts also offer virtual-only
options for families that feel unsafe with their children returning to school. Abington
Heights will start hybrid instruction on Oct. 5, with students attending either
Monday and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday, Superintendent Michael Mahon, Ph.D.,
said. “We’re working very hard to make it safe,” he said.
Bill freezing pay for Pa.’s legislators, judges, top
executive branch officials heading to Gov. Wolf’s desk
Trib Live by PENNLIVE.COM | Tuesday,
September 22, 2020 12:41 p.m.
Pennsylvania lawmakers this year likely will
be spared the grief that often accompanies the annual automatic pay raise that
state law authorizes them to receive. Legislation is on its way to Gov. Tom
Wolf’s desk that would not only freeze lawmakers’ salaries at their current
level through 2021 but judges and top executive branch officials as well. Wolf
has signaled that he will sign it into law, his spokeswoman Lyndsay Kensinger
said. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Frank Ryan, R-Lebanon County, was offered in
recognition of the economic hardships that the covid-19 has had on the
commonwealth as well as its citizens and businesses, causing massive amounts of
job losses and forcing some businesses and restaurants to close permanently. “When
Pennsylvania residents are making sacrifices and struggling just to put food on
their table, it is no time for public officials to be taking a raise,” Ryan has
said. The bill passed the Senate on Monday by a 48-0 vote. It passed the House
in May by a 202-0 vote.
‘Unfathomable’: U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits
200,000
ASSOCIATED PRESS | Tuesday,
September 22, 2020 1:30 p.m.
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus
topped 200,000 Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge
first reached the world’s richest nation with its state-of-the-art
laboratories, top-flight scientists and stockpiles of medicines and emergency
supplies. “It is completely unfathomable that we’ve reached this point,” said
Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins University public health researcher. The bleak
milestone, by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world,
was reported by Johns Hopkins, based on figures supplied by state health
authorities. But the real toll is thought to be much higher, in part because
many COVID-19 deaths were probably ascribed to other causes, especially early
on, before widespread testing. The number of dead in the U.S. is equivalent to
a 9/11 attack every day for 67 days. It is roughly equal to the population of
Salt Lake City or Huntsville, Alabama. And it is still climbing. Deaths are
running at close to 770 a day on average, and a widely cited model from the
University of Washington predicts the U.S. toll will double to 400,000 by the
end of the year as schools and colleges reopen and cold weather sets in. A
vaccine is unlikely to become widely available until 2021.
https://triblive.com/news/world/unfathomable-u-s-death-toll-from-coronavirus-hits-200000/
For student teachers in Lehigh Valley schools, the
coronavirus adds a hurdle to certification
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING
CALL |SEP 23, 2020 AT 5:22 AM
Every morning when they’re in school,
Stephanie McKinnon’s kindergarten students at Marvine Elementary turn to the
large screen at the front of the classroom and say in sing-song unison, “Good
morning, Ms. Granitz.” To the 5- and 6-year-olds at the Bethlehem school,
Granitz is the “teacher in the cloud,” as they’ve nicknamed her. Zooming in
from her home in Moore Township, Granitz appears on a large overhead screen
under which the students are sitting in their desks. From her perch, Granitz, a
Moravian College student teacher studying early childhood education observes
the way McKinnon teaches and manages the classroom. She leaves the big screen
and turns up on the little screen of a child’s laptop to help students individually
with lessons. She and other soon-to-be college graduates are doing what’s
necessary to get their teaching certifications. “I don’t think any of us
expected to be student teaching in a pandemic or working from home,” Granitz
said. While educators navigate uncharted water such as making sure children
wear masks while still learning their ABCs, college students like Granitz still
need to fulfill the hands-on student-teaching requirement, which typically
lasts 12 weeks. This year, it looks a much different than it has in the past.
And how each district handles its student teachers varies.
“Pennsylvania has enacted a “fair funding” formula for
distributing state aid that takes into account a district’s needs relating to
poverty, English language learners, and other factors. But it does not use the
formula to distribute most of the money. And the amount of funds it contributes
to education has not kept up with need. On average, states contribute about half
of state aid to education; in Pennsylvania, the figure is closer to a third,
which increases districts’ reliance on property wealth.”
Penn profs push university to pay PILOTS to help
Philadelphia schools
Chalkbeat Philly By Dale Mezzacappa Sep
22, 2020, 8:42pm EDT
With the Philadelphia School District facing
a potential annual shortfall of $800 million in five years, some faculty
members at the University of Pennsylvania are pushing their employer to pay up
to $40 million to the city. The money, known as payments-in-lieu-of-taxes, or
PILOTS, represents a portion of what Penn would owe in taxes if not for its
nonprofit status. Other universities in the Ivy League pay them. “Penn is the
largest private landowner in Philadelphia,” said Gerald Campano, a professor in
the university’s graduate school of education. “It is one of the city’s largest
employers. It is a wealthy nonprofit and it doesn’t pay property taxes, and
property taxes are the main local source of money for the Philadelphia schools.”
A longstanding campaign to force the city’s biggest nonprofits to make
voluntary payments to the city has taken on new urgency this year as the school
district faces a steep drop in revenue largely due to shrinking state and local
tax collection caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Philadelphia school board reverses itself and approves
Hilco tax break
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham and Andrew Maykuth, Updated: September 22,
2020- 10:31 AM
In a reversal of its earlier stand, the
Philadelphia school board late Thursday voted to approve a tax break for the
city’s largest development project, a former South Philadelphia refinery site
that is to be rebuilt into a massive logistics hub. The board voted, 7-0 with
one abstention, to approve a 10-year extension of the site’s Keystone
Opportunity Zone (KOZ) designation, a proposal backed by Mayor Jim Kenney.
Hilco Redevelopment Partners, which bought the 1,300-acre property out of
bankruptcy in June, has said the tax break is important to its project, which will
require hundreds of millions of dollars for environmental cleanup before the
property can be redeveloped. The school board in August rejected the proposal
when three progressive board members, Ameen Akbar, Mallory Fix Lopez, and
Angela McIver, voted no. They switched course Thursday, they said, after the
city detailed more information about the money the district would see and the
safeguards that would be put in place to make sure Hilco fulfilled its
promises.
Internet trauma: Watching police brutality online may be
triggering for some Philadelphia students
Chalkbeat Philly By Johann Calhoun Sep 22, 2020, 2:19pm EDT
Something was wrong with Tonya Bah’s son.
Suddenly, Keiba Bah, 19, had become agitated,
sensitive, and emotional, his mother noticed. These were unusual signs coming
from a teenager known by many as upbeat. “He was overwhelmed and didn’t know
how to unwind,” Bah said. “If you have ever spent time with my family everyone
knows that my son never cries. He never cries.” She later attributed the change
in her son’s attitude to his increased time on social media and seeing images
of Black people beaten and killed by police. The disturbing videos of the
police killings of George Floyd, Philando Castille, Eric Garner, and others are
easily accessible online by young people like Bah’s son. The images, according
to medical experts, can cause a form of post-traumatic stress disorder called
internet trauma — and young Black students are even more at risk now that they
are tethered to laptops for remote learning during the pandemic. Like thousands
of students across the city, Keiba, a senior at the Widener Memorial School in
Olney, was forced by the coronavirus pandemic to be inside for remote learning.
His mother said that’s where he repeatedly saw images of violent interactions
between police and people who looked like him.
‘Invested in democracy’: Pa. high schools compete to
register the most voters
WHYY By Maria Pulcinella September 22, 2020
Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day —
and to mark the occasion, Pennsylvania officials are encouraging students to
get involved in the electoral process early. The fourth annual Governor’s Civic Engagement Award (GCEA)
Program, currently underway, aims to highlight student-led voter registration
efforts. The nonpartisan program intends to teach young people civics and
cultivate a lifelong habit of voting, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy
Boockvar said in a press release. “By inspiring their peers to register, vote
and serve as poll workers, they become invested in our democracy,” Boockvar
said. A presidential election year, Boockvar
added, presents an ideal teaching moment. Schools that register at least 85% of
eligible students earn a Gold Level Award, while schools that register 65% or
more earn a Silver Level Award. Boockvar urged educators to enroll their
schools ahead of the general election. Schools may also participate as part of
the May 2021 primary.
https://whyy.org/articles/invested-in-democracy-pa-high-schools-compete-to-register-the-most-voters/
Government Watchdog Finds Fault With Trump's School
Reopening Push
Education Week By Evie Blad on September
22, 2020 3:55 PM
President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of
Education Betsy DeVos talked out of both sides of their mouths on school
reopening, a new government watchdog report
finds. On the one hand, DeVos stressed that plans on how to reopen school
buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic were "state and local
decisions." On the other hand, Trump and DeVos suggested schools' federal
funding may be at risk if they don't allow students to return for in-person
learning. In addition, guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention about how schools should minimize the spread of the virus has been
unclear and, at times, contradictory, concluded the Government Accountability
Office, an independent investigative agency that reports to Congress. And when
the U.S. Department of Education summarized that guidance on its website, it
left out details about wearing masks and social distancing, the report says.
DeVos to Be Investigated for Potential Violation of
Ethics Law
A watchdog filed a complaint over the
Education Department distributing a Fox News clip of Secretary Betsy DeVos
criticizing Joe Biden, potentially in violation of the Hatch Act.
New York Times By Hailey
Fuchs Sept. 22, 2020
WASHINGTON — An independent government
agency will investigate whether Education Secretary Betsy DeVos breached a law
forbidding federal employees from engaging in political activities on the job
after her department distributed a clip of Ms. DeVos criticizing the Democratic
presidential nominee, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., through
government channels. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which has jurisdiction
to investigate violations of the law, known as the Hatch Act, will conduct the
inquiry, according to the investigative watchdog blog that filed the complaint.
The revelation is the latest in a string of Trump administration officials to
face accusations of breaching the government ethics law. But the power to levy
penalties on officials like Ms. DeVos falls to President Trump, and he has
shown little inclination to mete out punishment or follow the office’s
recommendations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/us/politics/betsy-devos-hatch-act-investigation.html
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.
https://www.psba.org/event/psba-fall-virtual-advocacy-day/
Save The Date: The PSBA 2020 Equity Summit is happening
virtually on October 13th.
Discover how to build a foundation for equity
in practice and policy.
Learn more: https://t.co/KQviB4TTOj
PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference October 14-15
Virtual
Registration is now open for the first ever
virtual School Leadership Conference! Join us for all-new educational sessions,
dynamic speakers, exhibitors, and more! Visit the website for registration
information: https://t.co/QfinpBL69u #PASLC20 https://t.co/JYeRhJLUmZ
What to expect at this year’s School Leadership
Conference
POSTED ON AUGUST 31, 2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
At the 2020 PASA-PSBA School Leadership
Conference on October 14-15, you'll encounter the same high-quality experience
you've come to expect, via new virtual platform. Hear world-class speakers and
relevant educational sessions, and network with exhibitors and attendees — from
the comfort of your home or office on any internet-enabled device.
The virtual conference platform is accessible
via a unique link provided to each registrant about a week before conference.
No additional app downloads are required. The intuitive 3D interface is easy to
use and immersive — you'll feel like you're on location. Registrants will be
able to explore the space a day before conference starts. Highlights
include:
- Virtual
exhibit hall
- Interactive
lobby area and information desk
- Virtual
auditorium
- Digital
swag bag
- Scavenger
hunt
This year, conference is completely free
to attend! Be among the first 125 to register, and receive a special
pre-conference swag bag, sent to your home. Click here for
more information about how to register.
https://www.psba.org/2020/08/what-to-expect-at-this-years-school-leadership-conference/
Adopt the resolution against racial inequity!
School boards are asked to adopt this
resolution supporting the development of an anti-racist climate. Once adopted,
share your resolution with your local community and submit a copy to PSBA.
Learn more: http://ow.ly/yJWA50B2R72
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.
Resolution for charter
funding reform (pdf)
Link to submit your adopted resolution to
PSBA
296 PA school boards have adopted charter reform
resolutions
Charter school funding reform continues to be
a concern as over 290 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.
https://www.psba.org/2020/03/adopted-charter-reform-resolutions/
Know Your Facts on Funding and Charter Performance. Then
Call for Charter Change!
PSBA Charter Change Website:
https://www.pacharterchange.org/
The Network for Public Education Action Conference has
been rescheduled to April 24-25, 2021 at the Philadelphia Doubletree Hotel
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