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PA Ed Policy Roundup for October 7, 2020
Trump: No
More COVID-19 Aid, Including Billions for Schools, Until After I Win
Why are cyber
charter tuition rates the same as brick and mortar tuition?
Taxpayers in House Ed Committee Member Joshua Kail’s school districts
paid $6 million in 2018-2019 cyber charter tuition. Statewide, PA taxpayers paid over $600 million for cyber charter
tuition in 2018-2019.
|
Avella Area SD |
$198,620.91 |
|
Beaver Area SD |
$421,451.29 |
|
Blackhawk SD |
$735,706.72 |
|
Burgettstown Area SD |
$672,658.72 |
|
Central Valley SD |
$856,099.40 |
|
Hopewell Area SD |
$982,651.02 |
|
McGuffey SD |
$908,560.48 |
|
South Side Area SD |
$366,509.68 |
|
Trinity Area SD |
$857,742.04 |
|
|
$6,000,000.26 |
Source: PDE via
PSBA
Gov. Wolf eases gathering restrictions with formula tied
to capacity limits
Post Gazette by CHRIS HARLAN | Tuesday,
October 6, 2020 10:52 a.m.
Gov. Tom Wolf increased gathering-size limits
for events statewide Tuesday, revealing a new formula that’s based on a
percentage of a facility’s capacity rather than the 25-person indoor and
250-person outdoor restrictions previously imposed. Indoor events are limited
to 10% to 20% of capacity, depending upon the venue’s size, and outdoor events
can admit 15% to 25%. The largest venues are capped at 3,750 individuals
indoors and 7,500 outdoors. The move clears the way for spectators at
interscholastic, college and professional sporting events. School districts can
allow additional fans at football games, volleyball matches and all other fall
contests when the new restrictions take effect Friday. The Pittsburgh Steelers
announced plans to admit fans Sunday at Heinz Field for the first time this
season. The state’s gathering limit counts players, coaches, staff and all
other game-day workers toward the overall total, so the Steelers will allow
5,500 fans. The team will randomly select from among its season-ticket holders
for this week’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Local coaches, venue officials welcome 'definitive' crowd
guidelines
Johnstown Tribune Democrat By Mike Mastovich mmastovich@tribdem.com October 7,
2020
Mike Hogan welcomed news of Gov. Tom Wolf
increasing gathering-size limits for events across the state on Tuesday. The
coach of the two-time defending state champion Northern Cambria High School
girls volleyball team is pleased that parents once again will be able to attend
their daughters’ games. “It’s really nice that the parents now can make plans,
make arrangements, set their schedule and – for crying out loud – go watch
their kid play volleyball,” Hogan said. “It’s nice to have that locked in for
hopefully a couple more weeks.” Previous Wolf guidelines limited gatherings to
25 people indoors and 250 outdoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total of
25 at volleyball matches included players, coaches and officials – which left
no room for spectators. Parents and a few other fans received a reprieve for a
match or two after a federal judge ruling that tossed statewide pandemic limits
on crowd size late last month, but Wolf appealed that decision and the 3rd U.S.
Circuit Court granted him a stay last week, putting the 25/250 limits back into
play. Tuesday’s amended guidelines state that indoor events are limited to 10%
to 20% capacity, depending on the venue’s size. Outdoor events may permit 15%
to 25% of capacity.
Despite diversity gains, Pa. Legislature remains
overwhelmingly white, male institution | Wednesday Morning Coffee
PA Capital Star By John L. Micek October 7,
2020
Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers.
Despite some inroads over the last few years,
Pennsylvania’s 253-member General Assembly remains an overwhelmingly white and
male institution, though its membership is growing slightly younger as the Baby
Boomers move into their retirement years. According to data compiled by the National
Conference of State Legislatures, a clearinghouse for state lawmakers, 91
percent of Pennsylvania’s Legislature’s membership is white. Statewide,
whites make up 81 percent of the commonwealth’s population, according to 2019 Census data. While
Blacks make up 12 percent of the state’s population, based on Census
data, they are 9 percent of the Legislature’s membership, according to
the NCSL data, which compares the chamber’s membership in 2015
to its membership in 2020. Hispanics and Latinos make up 1 percent of the
chamber’s membership, compared to the statewide rate of 7.8 percent, based on
2019 Census data. And while women make up 51 percent of the commonwealth’s
population, they’re 27 percent of the Legislature’s membership. That’s an
increase from 2015, when they comprised 18 percent of the Legislature’s
membership, according to the NCSL data. But it’s still a
profound gap.
Despite new virus cases, Philadelphia schools ‘committed’
to November reopening, district says
Chalkbeat Philly By Johann Calhoun Oct 6, 2020, 8:04pm EDT
Despite an increase in confirmed cases of
coronavirus in Philadelphia, district officials said on Tuesday they still are
“committed” to reopening schools in November, after the first marking period. District
officials announced in late July that the school year would have an all-virtual
start, with a tentative reopening date of Nov. 17. At the time, Superintendent
William Hite said that date was just a target for a
“phased in” return to in-person learning. In a statement on Tuesday, district
officials said they “remain committed to beginning this transition in November
after the first marking period and are in constant communication with public
health experts.” On Tuesday, the city’s health department reported a
“substantial increase” in daily case counts of COVID-19. Dr. Thomas Farley,
Philadelphia’s health commissioner, said the numbers were a reason for concern.
Since Monday, 250 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the city,
bringing Philadelphia’s numbers to 37,812 since the beginning of the pandemic.
In a contract stalemate, Philly teachers exploring
limiting work to school hours only
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Updated: October
6, 2020- 9:24 PM
Working under an expired contract, a month
into a challenging school year, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is
testing the waters of a potential “work to rule” action that would see city
teachers work only during contracted hours. That means that lesson planning,
grading, reaching out to families and all the other tasks educators complete
before and after school, at night and on weekends would change drastically. “This
should be seen as a refusal to do ‘extras,'” PFT President Jerry Jordan said in
an email sent to members and obtained by The Inquirer. Should the action be
undertaken, teachers would need to complete all such work during the single
prep period allotted during the school day. The work-to-rule action is not a
lock; members have until Thursday to weigh in. But Jordan’s exploration of the
idea makes it clear that a settlement is not imminent and that the PFT is
seeking to exert pressure on the Philadelphia School District.
Propel Schools teachers, staff push to organize labor
union
LACRETIA WIMBLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette lwimbley@post-gazette.com OCT 6, 2020
12:07 PM
Teachers and other staff of the Propel
charter schools say they are trying to organize a labor union to give them a
voice on workplace safety and students’ learning environment. The Pennsylvania
State Education Association has been helping certified professional staff
members from the charter network in the Pittsburgh area to organize since
August. The Propel staff formally informed Propel Schools CEO/Superintendent
Tina Chekan of the organizing efforts Tuesday, according to Matt Edgell, the
PSEA’s western region advocacy coordinator. “This is less about wages and
benefits and more about wanting a seat at the table,” Conor McAteer, a lead
labor organizer for Propel workers, said in a statement. “If we are truly going
to have a culture of dignity at Propel, we as educational professionals need a
strong voice regarding issues like fair and just practices for students and
staff.”
Legitimate or 'side hustle'? Lancaster school board
members question merits of sports-centered charter school proposal
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer October 6,
2020
School District of Lancaster board members
expect to vote on an application for a soccer-infused charter school in the
city later this month. The proposed charter school’s fate, however, may already
be sealed. Several Lancaster school board members on Tuesday denounced the
application over its apparent lack of community support, lackluster curriculum
and questionable budget. The proposed charter school, called the AFCLL Academy
Charter School, would serve students in grades five through eight and focus on
educating children through sports, particularly soccer. Its plan is to serve
about 100 students starting in August 2021, with the hopes of doubling
enrollment in five years. Applying for the school is a group led by AFC
Lancaster Lions pro soccer club founder Brian Ombiji. The board is expected to
vote on the application at its Oct. 20 meeting.
How much Pa. state budget money is headed to your school
district? Here's 2020-21 estimate
Jasmine Vaughn-Hall York Daily
Record October 6, 2020
Pennsylvania's state budget includes over
$6.7 billion worth of funding to support school districts' basic education in
2020-21. There was no formula run for the 2020-21 fiscal year as allocations
were legislated to be identical to the 2019-20 fiscal year. A proportioned share
of the state budget is based on "the school district’s student-weighted
average daily membership multiplied by its median household income index and
its local effort capacity index (tax situation)," according the Pennsylvania Department of
Education. A series of weight categories include
the concentrated poverty average, the average daily membership of the school
districts' most recent three years, and at least five other similar
factors. Critics have argued the need for a new Basic Education Funding
formula. In March 2019, state Rep. Chris Rabb, D-Philadelphia,
introduced House Bill 961, which "would require that 100
percent of state funds for public schools immediately be distributed through
the fair funding formula. It also would acknowledge that significantly more
funding is required to ensure each school district has enough resources to
educate its students." Here's a look at the estimated Basic
Education Funding for public schools in York, Adams, Franklin, and Lebanon
counties for 2020-21:
Nearly 60 Lackawanna Trail students to quarantine after
teacher tests positive for COVID-19
Times Tribune BY SARAH HOFIUS HALL STAFF WRITER Oct 6,
2020 Updated 5 hrs ago
Nearly 60 Lackawanna Trail students must
quarantine after their teacher tested positive for the coronavirus. Officials
at the junior-senior high school learned of the test result Tuesday morning and
alerted parents that children in that classroom must quarantine for 14 days and
needed to leave school immediately. The teacher was last in class Friday,
Superintendent Matthew Rakauskas said. The district also identified several
teachers and aides who must quarantine, he said. If the school has another
positive case in the next 14 days, the school will close for between three and
five days. The district also had an elementary center teacher test positive for
COVID-19 last month. Those students, who also quarantined, did not report any
positive cases. The Wyoming County district’s latest case comes nearly a month
after its schools fully reopened. Of Lackawanna County school districts, six of
10 now offer hybrid instruction: Abington Heights, Dunmore, Mid Valley, North
Pocono, Old Forge and Riverside. Lakeland plans to start hybrid learning Oct.
13 and Carbondale, Scranton and Valley View could all make that transition in
November. In hybrid instruction, students generally attend school twice a week
and learn from home the other days. The groups alternate to allow for smaller
class sizes and social distancing. North Pocono reported its first positive
COVID-19 case Friday — a staff member at the high school. The district
determined there was no close contact at the school with that person, so no one
at the school needed to quarantine, Superintendent Bryan McGraw said. Mid
Valley reported one case last week, a student at the secondary school. The
student’s sibling had to quarantine.
Dunmore, Old Forge and Riverside, which
started hybrid instruction four to six weeks ago, have no reported cases. Abington
Heights, also with no cases, began its hybrid model Monday.
Elizabethtown Area elementary school closed for a week
due to COVID-19 infections
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer October 6,
2020
An Elizabethtown Area School District
elementary school will be closed through Columbus Day due to an increase in
COVID-19 cases. After closing abruptly on Monday, East High Street Elementary
School will remain closed to students and staff until Tuesday, Oct. 13, as the
district responds to three known COVID-19 infections within the school. All
students will learn remotely. The district broke the news about Monday’s
closure in a letter posted to its website on Sunday evening, stating there were
two confirmed two COVID-19 cases and one presumptive case at the school. “The
decision to transition to online learning now for ALL East High students was
not made lightly,” Sunday’s letter states. “We recognize the impact it will
have on our families who have a child attending the school.”
Covid-19 presumptive positive at Sara Lindemuth/Anna
Carter Primary School
ABC27 News by: WHTM Staff Posted: Oct 6,
2020 / 05:43 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 6, 2020 / 06:18 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Susquehanna
Township School District says that there is a presumptive positive at the Sara
Lindemuth/Anna Carter Primary School. District leaders say that a ‘School
Closure Decision Matrix’ was used, which is based on guidance from the state
Health Department and Center for Disease Controls to determine next steps. As a
result, the district has decided to remain open. The person who is
presumed-positive is expected to follow isolation protocols before returning to
school.
Another Karns City High School student tests positive for
COVID-19
Butler Eagle Staff Report October 6,
2020 News Extra
Another Karns City High School student tested
positive for COVID-19 prompting school district officials to consider
temporarily closing the high school. Superintendent Eric Ritzer said the
district was notified Tuesday of the most recent positive test. Oct. 2 was the
last day the student was in the school. The district and Pennsylvania
Department of Health have begun contact tracing and the school cleaning remains
ongoing, he said. He also said the administration is working with the school
board and health department about a possible temporary closure of the high
school. On Friday, the district announced it was notified that day that a high
school student tested positive for the virus. The student was last in the
building Sept. 24. A Chicora Elementary School student tested positive on Sept.
16 and was expected to return to classes the following week along with
classmates who came in contact with the student.
http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20201006/NEWS12/710069752
COVID-19 case reported at Towanda Elementary School
MyTwinTiers.com by: George
Stockburger Posted: Oct 6, 2020 / 10:02 AM
EDT / Updated: Oct 6, 2020 / 10:04 AM EDT
TOWANDA, Pa. (WETM) – A person associated
with Towanda Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a
letter posted by the school district.
The Towanda Area School District would like
to make you and the public aware that an individual associated with the Towanda
Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19. We are working with the
Department of Health with this situation. Due to our safety protocols and the
decision of the family involved to self-quarantine last week, we are able to
keep our schools open. We will continue to monitor the situation with the
Department of Health and make any adjustment necessary. Please help us by
continuing to remain vigilant during this difficult time. Screen your children
each morning, keep them home if they are sick, and communicate with us early
regarding any potential COVID-19 situations relating to your family.
This is at least the second case of COVID-19
connected to the Towanda Area School District.
https://www.mytwintiers.com/health/coronavirus/covid-19-case-reported-at-towanda-elementary-school/
Dover goes online at high school after three positive
COVID-19 tests
Ron Musselman York
Dispatch October 6, 2020
The Dover Area School District announced
Monday three people have tested positive for COVID-19 at the high school, which
will be closed for the rest of the week in order to deep clean. “During this
time, there will be no high school athletics or high school extracurricular
activities,” school officials stated in a news release. High
school students are scheduled to return to the building Monday, Oct. 12, the
release said. In the meantime, they will receive online instruction.
UPDATE COVID-19 case confirmed at Milton Middle School;
41 new cases in Valley
The Daily Item Oct 5, 2020
Milton Area School District became the fifth
Valley school district to report a positive COVID-19 case when district
officials reported one middle school student had tested positive on Monday. The
news came on a day when the state Department of Health (DOH) announced another
672 COVID-19 cases, including 41 in the Valley. Most of the local cases are in
Montour County, where an outbreak at a nursing home accounted for 18 of the
Valley's new cases. A separate countywide database of long-term care facilities
shows 22 new cases at nursing homes in the county. Statewide there were 11 new
deaths on Monday, including one in Union County. It is the seventh death in
that county — the first since Sept. 1 — and 89th in the Valley. In a letter to
district officials, Milton Superintendent Cathy Keegan confirmed a middle
school student tested positive on Sunday. The district's protocols were put
into place, including building a timeline of the case, contact tracing and
discussions with the DOH about who needs to quarantine and whether schools
should remain open.
GLSD announces positive COVID-19 test for student at
Mountain View Elementary
Latrobe Bulletin October 6, 2020
Greater Latrobe School District
Superintendent Dr. Georgia Teppert in a letter posted to the district’s website
Monday announced school officials were notified a student at Mountain View
Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19. The district immediately
notified the Pennsylvania Department of Health, which provided guidance and
protocols. “Mountain View Elementary School will remain open for school,”
Teppert’s letter reads. “If a parent or guardian chooses to have their
student(s) remain at home and participate in online instruction, they must
notify their homeroom teacher(s).”
Spring-Ford School District sets plan for in-person
classes
West Chester Daily Local Evan Brandt ebrandt@21st-centurymedia.com
@PottstownNews on Twitter Oct 7, 2020 Updated 35 min ago
The Spring-Ford Area School District has
released this timeline for bringing students back into school buildings.
The Spring-Ford School District is pressing
ahead with plans to return students to the classroom by Nov. 12. Last week, the
board unanimously adopted the plan for students in grades kindergarten
through 6th and Monday night, the plan for
grades 7-12 was adopted by a vote of 7-2. Board members Tom DiBello and
Clifford Jackson voted against the plan for the upper grades. More than 250
people participated or watched Monday's meeting online. Families in the lower
grades must choose between virtual or in-person education for all five days.
That choice must be made by Thursday, Oct. 8. Families in the upper grades will
choose between all virtual or a hybrid model with two days in-person on either
Mondays and Thursdays; or Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays will remain online
learning for all students in grades 7-12.
Blogger note: PA Students First PAC’s Jeff Yass
has been a major contributor to the Commonwealth Leaders Fund.
“Individuals and entities have reached out to me, wanting to
support my campaign,” DeFoor said. One group taking an interest is Commonwealth
Leaders Fund, a conservative political action committee that has spent between
$21,000 and $28,000 on Facebook ads to tout DeFoor since last week. The PAC has
also spent almost $1.2 million this year to help Republican Heather
Heidelbaugh in her bid to deny Democratic Attorney General Josh
Shapiro a second term.
Nina Ahmad spent big to win the Pa. auditor general
primary. Now she’s tied with an opponent with much less money.
Inquirer by Chris Brennan, Posted: October 2, 2020
Clout today explores how difficult and
expensive a statewide race in Pennsylvania can be for a candidate with not much
name recognition. Nina Ahmad, a former deputy mayor from Philadelphia, spent almost $500,000 of
her own money to win the six-candidate Democratic primary for
state auditor general. That was after she spent more than
$650,000 in a failed 2018 bid for lieutenant governor. What did she get for
dipping into her bank account to the tune of more than $1 million? A Monmouth
University Poll last month showed her statistically
tied with the Republican nominee, Dauphin
County Controller Tim DeFoor. Ahmad led DeFoor by 43% to 41%, with
12% of registered voters in the poll undecided, and a margin of error of plus
or minus 4.9 percentage points. DeFoor,
who ran unopposed in his primary, has raised a little more than $23,000 this
year and had just under $17,000 in the bank as of mid-September, according to
campaign finance reports filed last week.
“The Network for Public Education is following 37 districts in
New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut that reopened — either hybrid or full
time. Of the 23 districts that responded to our inquiry regarding remote
learners, the average rate of students who opted to not attend in person was 21
percent. Percentages ranged from 6 percent of the school population to 50
percent. Larger percentages of students of color are associated with higher
remote rates. Superintendent Joe Roy said he has been carefully examining
patterns among the 25 percent of students whose families chose remote learning
in his district in Bethlehem, Pa.”
Going back to school: The good, the bad and the ugly
Washington Post By Valerie Strauss Reporter Oct.
6, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
Going back to school during the coronavirus
pandemic has elicited a jumble of emotions for teachers, students and parents,
who have both wanted to see kids back in school buildings but also have feared
the risk of contracting covid-19. This post reports on the experiences of
people who have returned to school for the 2020-2021 school year in various
school districts. It was written by Carol Burris, an award-winning former
principal and now executive director of the Network for Public Education, a
nonprofit advocacy organization that supports traditional public school
districts. The organization has been tracking 37 school districts in
Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, representing more than 195,000 students
plus thousands of staff in areas with county covid-19 rates ranging from 0
percent to 5.9 percent. All school districts require the wearing of masks, and
Pennsylvania schools have active sports programs. The districts studied were in
counties that had low coronavirus rates and required wearing masks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/10/06/going-back-school-good-bad-ugly/
How can students learn online if they don’t know the
language? This city tackled the issue
Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times Oct.
5, 2020 at 5:00 am
Meet the Reyes Acosta family. Gabriela
Acosta and her husband, Rodrigo Reyes, moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, from Central
Mexico in 2013. Before a pandemic burst onto the scene, life was hard enough:
Six kids. Navigating a world whose dominant language isn’t theirs. Now,
Gabriela isn’t working. Her husband’s job is unstable. Add to that a new
complication to maneuver: An unexpectedly online school system. Though the
effect is hard to quantify, experts and educators say that distance learning
likely worsened existing educational disparities. They worry that the country’s
already disadvantaged students, including those who are learning to speak
English, have fallen further behind. To Gabriela Acosta, 29, the campus
closures and the financial stress “felt like a sudden, overwhelming loss of
control,” she said in Spanish. But the Reyes Acostas were lucky: They had a
school system that quickly overshot its budget on live translation. Teachers
and social workers focused on communicating often and helping them. And
district educators aimed to affirm the value of students’ native languages
while trying to help them learn English.
Trump: No More
COVID-19 Aid, Including Billions for Schools, Until After I Win
Education Week By Andrew Ujifusa on October
6, 2020 3:56 PM
President Donald Trump has declared that he
won't agree to a new coronavirus relief package before the Nov. 3 election, a
potentially big setback for schools and educators who've hoped for months for
additional aid from Washington. In a series of tweets Tuesday, Trump said he
told administration officials involved in coronavirus talks with Congress to
stop negotiating with lawmakers. He said that "immediately after I
win," he would restart talks to pass a relief bill focused on
"hardworking Americans and Small Business." He also attacked Speaker
of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., by saying she had not engaged in COVID-19
relief talks in good faith. Trump did not say what he planned to do if he
loses the presidential election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden. If he
loses the election, his defeat could remove a key motivation for agreeing to a
deal. And that might leave schools without the assurance of more federal relief
as they start their spring terms.
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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