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PA Ed Policy Roundup for September 29, 2020
HB2696: PA
House Ed Committee plans to move voucher bill this week that would hand $500M
in federal dollars to private & religious schools
The Ed Policy Roundup will be offline
Thursday, Friday and Monday; returning on Tuesday October 6th
Why are cyber
charter tuition rates the same as brick and mortar tuition?
Taxpayers in House Ed Committee Member Mark Gillen’s school districts
paid over $4.7 million in 2018-2019 cyber charter tuition. Statewide, PA taxpayers paid over $600 million for cyber charter
tuition in 2018-2019.
|
Eastern Lancaster County SD |
$890,750.67 |
|
Exeter Township SD |
$1,166,954.44 |
|
Governor Mifflin SD |
$836,787.40 |
|
Twin Valley SD |
$822,432.39 |
|
Wilson SD |
$474,630.10 |
|
Wyomissing Area SD |
$519,767.71 |
|
|
$4,711,322.71 |
Source: PDE via
PSBA
Pa.’s former Gov. Tom Ridge explains why he is voting for
Joe Biden: ‘He’s got more humanity.’
Penn Live By Jan
Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Updated
1:55 PM; Today 1:55 PM
Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge
explains why he will be voting for Joe Biden, the first Democratic presidential
candidate he has ever cast a ballot. It's as much about his negative views of
President Trump's first-term performance as it is about what he sees as
positive character traits and respect for the presidency in Biden.
Pennsylvania’s former Republican Gov. Tom Ridge
came forward on Sunday to announce Joe Biden will be getting his vote in the
November election. It’s the first time the former U.S. Homeland Security
secretary said he will have ever voted for a Democrat for president but he said
in this election, “It’s time to put country over party.” Ridge elaborated on
his views in a Monday morning interview with PennLive. He denounced Trump’s
lack of truthfulness with the American public about the pandemic. And when
Trump suggested that a “rigged election” is the only way he’ll lose his
re-election bid, Ridge said, “That was it for me.” Ridge, one of the state’s
most well-regarded Republicans, breaks from his party’s presidential nominee in
what some have dubbed “the most important election of our lifetime." And
Pennsylvania is one of the critical battleground states in the election.
Tweet from PSEA Govt. Relations: “Some bad ideas just never die.
PA House Edu. Committee plans to move a voucher bill
this week that would hand $500M in federal dollars to private & religious
schools. Public money should go to public schools, which desperately need
resources right now to open & operate safely.”
HB2696 is on the Ed Committee agenda for October 1, 10:00 a.m.
meeting.
HB2696 (Owlett): An Act amending the act of March 10,
1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, establishing the
Back on Track Education Scholarship Account Program; and imposing duties on the
Department of Education and the State Treasurer.
“Beaver County-based PA Cyber Charter School reports a surge in
applications over the summer. “Usually on the first day of school, we start
with about 9,500 students,” said Brian Hayden, CEO of the school. “We were at
11,000 students at the beginning of August this year.” The school, whose
enrollment is capped at 11,677 students, estimated another 2,000 students were
on a waiting list entering the new school year. Hayden attributes the rise to a
small but significant number of families across the Commonwealth who remain
wary of any in-person instruction during the pandemic.”
School Districts See Changes, but Enrollment Holding
Steady
Pittsburgh Today by BILL O'TOOLE September
28, 2020
Amid uncertainty and rising economic
distress, school districts in the Pittsburgh region are reporting relatively
steady enrollment numbers entering the new academic year, although demand for
online-only education within districts and among cyber charter schools appears
to be on the rise. The reopening of schools has been a hot topic of debate in
southwestern Pennsylvania and across the nation, with some local parents’
groups having organized protests against their school districts. But school
administrators say they haven’t seen a significant swing in school choice. “We
have seen movement in our student population, both from and to parochial and
charter schools,” said Dr. Theodore Dwyer, Chief of Data, Research, Assessment
and Accountability, Pittsburgh Public Schools, the region’s largest school
district. “This is normal to see at the beginning of the school year. It does
not appear to be more or less than what we have seen in the past.” Enrollment
data for the new school year won’t be officially reported by districts until
October 1. The early experience of several public school districts and private
schools suggest some are seeing lower enrollment in certain student
populations, but pandemic-inspired losses do not appear to be severe overall.
https://pittsburghquarterly.com/articles/school-districts-see-changes-but-enrollment-holding-steady/
Two Ringgold elementary students test positive for
COVID-19
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE Got a news tip?
412-263-1601 localnews@post-gazette.com SEP 29,
2020 4:21 AM
Two elementary school students at Ringgold
School District have tested positive for COVID-19, the district superintendent
said in a letter to parents Monday. Both students attend Ringgold Elementary
School South, Superintendent Randall S. Skrinjorich said. In response, the
district said it immediately began following protocols outlined in its District
Health Safety Plan, including notifying parents and beginning contact tracing
to identify any students and staff who had been in contact with the students.
Portage Area High School students move to online learning
after confirmed COVID-19 case
Johnstown Tribune Democrat By Joshua Byers jbyers@tribdem.com September
28, 2020
Due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 in
Portage Area High School, Superintendent Eric Zelanko announced Sunday
that students in seventh through 12th grades will be learning remotely this
week. “I am being extra cautious,” he said. Portage students in grades nine
through 12 have been operating on a hybrid schedule since the beginning of the
school year. That made for an easy transition Monday to a completely virtual
model, Zelanko said. Administrators were alerted to the positive case over the
weekend and Zelanko decided to implement a fully online model as
a “precautionary measure.” The move was applauded by the Pennsylvania
Department of Health because it allows state officials additional “breathing
room” while contact tracing is done, Zelanko said.
Three Cumberland County school districts report new COVID
cases; entire elementary classroom placed in quarantine
Cumberlink/Sentinel by Joseph Cress September
28, 2020
A teacher and an entire classroom of students
have been placed in quarantine for 14 days after a kindergarten student at the
South Middleton School District's W.G. Rice Elementary School tested positive
for COVID-19 late last week. School Principal David Boley was made aware of the
confirmed positive case around 8:30 a.m. Friday. Word of the case set in motion
a protocol where all the impacted students will receive remote instruction
until their return to in-person instruction at the school on Oct. 9. South
Middleton Superintendent Matthew Strine posted a letter to families on the
South Middleton School District website. In it, Strine described the case as
“an incidental finding.” "The kindergarten student had no symptoms,"
Strine said. "The family found out the student was positive because of a
routine testing outside of the school setting. The student has no other
siblings in the school system.” Two other local school districts reported
positive COVID cases late last week. On Thursday, Superintendent Richard Fry
notified Big Spring High School families that a staff member had tested
positive for COVID-19. That person was described as a “classified” employee,
which is not a teacher or building administrator.
Millcreek school under bar for weeklong COVID closure
GoErie By Valerie
Myers @etnmyers Posted
Sep 28, 2020 at 10:13 PM
The Millcreek School District will
temporarily close a school for cleaning when 1-2% of its population tests
positive. Under Pennslyvania Department of Education guidelines, schools with
five or more positive COVID-19 cases would be temporarily closed for deep
cleaning and disinfecting. A Millcreek school has five cases — a teacher and
four students— but the Millcreek Township School District will use a different
yardstick for deciding when to close the building. The state allows district’s
to use their own metrics to make that decision. Because Millcreek’s 6,500
enrollment is larger than enrollments in many districts statewide, five cases would
be a much smaller percentage of the population at a Millcreek school than at
other, smaller schools, district administrators told school directors Monday. The
Millcreek School District instead will amend its school health and safety plan
to close a school for five to seven days of cleaning when 1-2% of the school’s
students and staff test positive. At McDowell High School, 1-2% of the school
population would be eight to 17 cases. “From the Pennsylvania Department of
Education (guidelines), we could be looking at closure with five positive
cases,” assistant schools Superintendent Darcie Moseley said. “Our
recommendation is to use our own metric, and if there are eight positives at
the high school, look at a five to seven-day closure.” The district has not
said which school has five virus cases and is not allowed to say, according to
Department of Health guidance, administrators said.
https://www.goerie.com/news/20200928/millcreek-school-under-bar-for-weeklong-covid-closure
Pittsburgh Public Schools extends remote work 5 weeks for
teachers, 2 days for students
Trib Live TEGHAN SIMONTON | Monday,
September 28, 2020 12:03 p.m.
Teachers at Pittsburgh Public Schools will
work remotely an additional five weeks, the district and the Pittsburgh
Federation of Teachers announced Friday night in a joint statement. The school
board voted in late July to
maintain remote learning for the first nine weeks of the
school year, but teachers were to start on-site work Oct. 5. The date was
changed to align with the memorandum of understanding between the district and
the teachers union, the statement said. Teachers and students will now return
to school buildings on the same day, Nov. 9. The change means another five
weeks of remote work for teachers, and a two-day extension for students.
Owen J. Roberts School District sets Oct. 12 target to
reopen for hybrid classes
Pottstown Mercury by Evan Brandt ebrandt@21st-centurymedia.com
@PottstownNews on Twitter September 29, 2020
SOUTH COVENTRY — If the Owen J. Roberts
School District can keep its coronavirus positivity numbers low for the next
two weeks, partial in-person classes may begin again. The school board has
approved a phased-in plan that could have some students back in the classroom,
at least part-time, by Oct. 12. Prior to the district shifting
gears before the start of the new school year and going to all-virtual learning,
parents were given a choice. Some parents chose to keep their students home and
learning online, and some parents had selected
a hybrid option for their children in
which they would spend two days in classrooms with teachers and three days at
home online. Those hybrid students were divided up into A and B groups in order
to limit the number of children in the buildings and ensure social distancing
protocols could be followed.
Unionville elementary students returning for in-school
instruction Oct. 12
West Chester Daily Local by Fran Maye fmaye@21st-centurymedia.com September
29, 2020
EAST MARLBOROUGH—Elementary students in the
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District will be returning to in-school
instruction beginning Oct. 12. In a 9-0 vote, school directors agreed to reopen
grades K through 5 with a hybrid schedule, due in a large part by the recent
decrease in COVID-19 case numbers in municipalities in the school district.
Officials at the Chester County Health Department, and Dr. Salwa E. Sulieman, a
pediatric infectious disease specialist affiliated with several hospitals, have
indicated the numbers are favorable for a phased reopening. "The numbers
support we are moving in this direction," said John Sanville,
superintendent of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District. "Chester County
Health Department guidance recommends reopening of schools happening in a
phased way beginning with the younger grades first. The fact of the matter is
that from a K-5 perspective, there is a much lower risk of spread to students
in elementary schools."
Lancaster County schools are bringing more students back
in-person, despite fears over winter COVID-19 surge
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer September
29, 2020
When educators said this would be an
unprecedented school year, they weren’t lying. After spending months discussing
how to safely reopen schools this fall, officials at several Lancaster County
school districts are now reevaluating their initial reopening plans. At least
four school districts have considered adding more in-person learning to their
original plans. But with changes to instructional models come increased
concerns over whether students can stay socially distanced, a practice public
health experts say is vital to mitigating the spread of COVID-19. The threat
posed by the virus has not eased in recent weeks. The number of positive test
results in Lancaster County has grown since late last month, when most county
schools resumed instruction for the fall. The 14-day rate of new COVID-19 cases
per 100,000 people in Lancaster County was at 97 on Sept. 25, up slightly from
95 on Aug. 25.
At least 3 dozen COVID-19 cases have been reported at
Lancaster County schools. Here's where they are [update]
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer September
29, 2020
At least three dozen cases of COVID-19 have
been reported at Lancaster County schools about a month into the 2020-21 school
year. The cases come from 12 school districts, plus a brick-and-mortar charter
school in Lancaster city. And that might not be all. With the Pennsylvania
Department of Health not tracking COVID-19 cases in schools, it's up to each
district to notify the community of a positive test from someone inside its
schools.
Families seek support as virtual, hybrid models present
unique challenges for special education
Scranton Times Tribune BY SARAH HOFIUS HALL STAFF WRITER Sep 27,
2020 Updated Sep 28, 2020
When Cory Peterson wears his Carbondale Area
School District uniform, he knows it’s time to learn. The 8-year-old
second-grader sits at his desk in what used to be his family’s dining room. An
image from a laptop appears on the television screen. A district
paraprofessional watches him through a webcam. Cory’s mother wears an earpiece,
hearing suggestions from the paraprofessional on how to keep Cory, who has
autism, on task. For the thousands of special education students in the
region’s schools, virtual learning provides unique challenges as families
juggle work schedules, keep track of therapy appointments and advocate for
their children. Parents worry about regression and the families who may have
language barriers or are unaware of available resources. Meanwhile, school
districts work to move services online or find ways to deliver them in-person.
Leaders worry about learning deficits because of the six months or more spent
away from physical classrooms. Following the law must also be a priority, as
special education claims and lawsuits could end up costing districts thousands
in legal fees and settlements.
Philly child care, early childhood in ‘dire’ position
Chalkbeat Philly By Dale Mezzacappa Sep
25, 2020, 6:25pm EDT
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Leslie
Spina’s five Kinder Academy child care centers were always full with a waiting
list. Now, enrollment has dropped by more than half — from 500 to 215. “It’s
not sustainable at numbers like this,” Spina said. “We hope that people will
come back, but we understand if they don’t.” As the school year gets underway,
child care and early education providers and advocates in Philadelphia
characterize the state of the industry as precarious. Families are not
enrolling their children in the same numbers as before, meaning centers’ income
is down even as their pandemic-related costs go up. And the cost crunch is
about to get worse. Early childhood education is supported in Pennsylvania
through a variety of federal, state, and local subsidies. Programs include
federal Head Start, the state’s Child Care Works, and the city’s early
childhood program known as PHLPreK. Most Philadelphia centers have students who
qualify for one or more of these programs and the bulk of their revenue comes
from the subsidies, supplemented by parental co-pays and some full-pay clients.
Until August, the state paid subsidies for all students who were enrolled
before Gov. Tom Wolf ordered most centers to close in March. Starting this
month, however, the state decided to pay only for students who actually attend.
1 million dead from virus: ‘It’s human beings. It’s
people we love’
GoErie By the Associated Press Posted
at 6:05 AM September 29, 2020
The number continues to mount; nearly 5,000
deaths are reported each day on average.
NEW DELHI — The worldwide death toll from the
coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has
devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science
against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and
work. “It’s not just a number. It’s human beings. It’s people we love,” said
Howard Markel, M.D., a professor of medical history at the University of
Michigan who has advised government officials on containing pandemics and lost
his 84-year-old mother to COVID-19 in February. “It’s our brothers, our
sisters. It’s people we know,” he added. “And if you don’t have that human
factor right in your face, it’s very easy to make it abstract.” The bleak
milestone, recorded on Monday in the U.S. by Johns Hopkins University, is
greater than the population of Jerusalem or Austin, Texas. It is 2½ times the
sea of humanity that was at Woodstock in 1969. It is more than four times the
number killed by the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Even
then, the figure is almost certainly a vast undercount because of inadequate or
inconsistent testing and reporting and suspected concealment by some countries.
And the number continues to mount. Nearly 5,000 deaths are reported each day on
average. Parts of Europe are getting hit by new outbreaks, and experts fear a
second wave in the U.S., which accounts for about 205,000 deaths, or 1 out of 5
worldwide. That is far more than any other country, despite America’s wealth
and medical resources.
The federal government plans to ship millions of rapid
coronavirus tests to states in a push to reopen K-12 schools
Inquirer by Matthew Perrone and Kevin
Freking, Associated Press, Updated: 54 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump planned to announce Monday that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week and urging governors to use them to reopen schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The move to vastly expand U.S. testing comes as confirmed new COVID-19 cases remain elevated at more than 40,000 per day and experts warn of a likely surge in infections during the colder months ahead. It also comes just five weeks before the November election, with Trump facing continued criticism for his handling of the crisis. The tests will go out to states based on their population and can be used as governors see fit, but the administration encourages states to place a priority on schools. A senior administration official with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press that 6.5 million tests will go out this week and that a total of 100 million tests will be distributed to governors over the next several weeks. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to get ahead of the president’s announcement.
Florida schools reopened en mass, but a surge in
coronavirus didn't follow, a USA TODAY analysis found.
USA TODAY by Jayme Fraser, Mike Stucka, Emily
Bloch, Rachel Fradette, Sommer Brugal September 28, 2020
Many teachers and families feared a spike in
COVID-19 cases when Florida made the controversial push to reopen schools in
August with in-person instruction. But a USA TODAY analysis shows the state’s
positive case count among kids aged 5 to 17 declined through late September
after a peak in July. Among the counties seeing surges in overall cases, it’s
college-age adults – not school children – driving the trend, the analysis
found. The early results in Florida show the success of rigorous mask-wearing,
social distancing, isolating contacts, and quick contact tracing when
necessary, said health experts. “Many of the schools that have been able to
successfully open have also been implementing control measures that are an
important part of managing spread in these schools,” said Dr. Nathaniel Beers,
who serves on the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on School Health.
The Coronavirus Mostly Spares Younger Children. Teens
Aren’t So Lucky.
Younger children are about half as likely as
older teenagers and adults to become infected, new studies suggest.
New York Times By Apoorva Mandavilli Sept. 28, 2020
Teenagers are about twice as likely to become
infected with the coronavirus as younger children, according to an analysis released
Monday by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. The report is based on a review of 277,285 cases among
children aged 5 to 17 whose illness was diagnosed from March to September. The
findings come as 56 million children in the country resume schooling amid
contentious debates about their safety. Scientists are scrambling to understand
how often children are infected and how often they transmit the virus, but the
findings have been inconsistent. Much of the national debate has centered on
children in primary schools. But the new study adds to a body of evidence
suggesting that older teenagers, in high school and college, are more likely to
be infected and more likely to transmit the coronavirus than are children under
age 10, said Dr. Muge Cevik, an infectious disease expert at the University of
St. Andrews in Scotland.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/health/coronavirus-children.html
Hacker Releases Information on Las Vegas-Area Students
After Officials Don’t Pay Ransom
Clark County in Nevada is largest known
school district hit by hackers during Covid-19 pandemic
Wall Street Journal By Tawnell D. Hobbs Sept.
28, 2020 8:58 am ET
A hacker published documents containing
Social Security numbers, student grades and other private information stolen
from a large public-school district in Las Vegas after officials refused a
ransom demanded in return for unlocking district computer servers. The illegal
release late last week of sensitive information from the Clark County School
District in Las Vegas, with about 320,000 students, demonstrates an escalation
in tactics for hackers who have taken advantage of schools heavily reliant on online
learning and technology to run operations
during the coronavirus pandemic. The release of the district’s information is
being reported for the first time by The Wall Street Journal. Hackers have
attacked school districts and other institutions with sensitive information
even before the pandemic, typically blocking users’ access to their own
computer systems unless a ransom is paid. In those instances, the so-called
ransomware crippled the district’s operations but hackers didn’t usually expose
damaging information about students or employees. “A big difference between
this school year and last school year is they didn’t steal data, and this year
they do,” said Brett Callow, a threat analyst for cybersecurity company
Emsisoft, who said he was able to easily access the Clark County data on a
hacker website. “If there’s no payment, they publish that stolen data online,
and that has happened to multiple districts.”
PSBA continues push for permanent mandate waiver program
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 28,
2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
With a short fall legislative session
scheduled for the General Assembly, PSBA is continuing efforts to advocate for
the major state-level issues identified by public school leaders as being
of the most concern during this pandemic. One of the key issues is the
need for broad, permanent relief from mandates that consume much of districts'
budgets and stifle innovation. PSBA worked with Senator Langerholc (R-Cambria)
to introduce Senate Bill 1286, which
would establish a mandate waiver program similar to the highly
popular and successful one which operated in Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2010.
The proposal would allow public schools to apply to the Pennsylvania Department
of Education (PDE) for a waiver of many state-imposed mandates if the school
can show that its instructional program will improve or the school will operate
in a more effective, efficient, or economical manner. Certain laws and
regulations would not be waivable, such as those relating to student safety,
academic standards and assessments, special education, protected handicapped
students, gifted education, student attendance, professional educator conduct
standards, among others.
Click here for a detailed
summary of Senate Bill 1286.
PSBA is asking school boards to join this advocacy effort and adopt the
resolution urging the General Assembly to provide critical support and costs
savings to school districts through approval of a permanent mandate waiver
program. The PSBA resolution can be downloaded and submitted to PSBA online.
https://www.psba.org/2020/09/psba-continues-push-for-permanent-mandate-waiver-program/
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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