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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Feb. 9, 2021
Proposed charter
school reforms 'long overdue'
See how Governor Wolf’s Proposed Charter Funding Reforms Would Impact
Your School District (From PDE Website)
Estimated
Charter School Reform Savings by School District (Excel)
“The best solution would be for the
state government to establish actual charter school costs and set tuition at
the corresponding amount. But Wolf has come with the next best solution — a
flat (cyber) charter school tuition rate of $9,500 per student. The governor
also would apply to charters the same special education funding formula that
applies to conventional school districts. Together, the changes would provide
up to $280 million in tuition savings for the state’s 500 school districts.”
Editorial: Proposed charter
reform long overdue
Scranton
Times Tribune BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD February 8, 2021
State
lawmakers eagerly should embrace Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to fairly distribute
the state government’s $6 billion in public education funding because, you
know, it’s fair. But even if the Legislature chooses to continue
shorting the Scranton School District by $33 million a year, and others by
varying amounts, the legislators still should embrace another initiative that
would save up to $280 million every year for school districts statewide. That
money for local districts would come at no added expense to state or local
taxpayers, because they already pay it. At issue is another distribution
problem, due to an archaic and demonstrably illogical system for funding
charter schools. Charter schools, regardless of whether instruction is online
or in-person, are public schools funded by public money. Each school district
in the state pays tuition to a charter school for each district student who
attends one, based on the district’s own cost per student rather than the
charter school’s actual cost per student. According to the state Department of
Education, the tuition range paid by districts to charters is from $7,700 to
$22,300 per student. So districts across the state could pay a statewide
charter school any amount within that range, based on their own costs, even
though the charter’s actual cost per student is not variable.
“Koons and the 12 Schuylkill County
school district superintendents sent a letter to local legislators in October
defending the need for cyber charter reform. The letter stated that the average
cyber charter tuition paid by school districts is $12,660 per pupil in regular
education and $27,699 per pupil in special education, compared to the average
Schuylkill County school district tuition of $9,468 per pupil for elementary
and $10,724 per pupil for secondary education.”
Proposed charter school reforms 'long overdue'
Hazelton
Standard Speaker By Emily Graham Staff Writer Feb 7, 2021 Updated 8
hrs ago
Gov. Tom
Wolf proposed some cyber charter school reforms, which many public school districts
have said are needed to begin to reduce the increasing costs of cyber charter
schools. Cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania charge public school districts
between $9,170 and $22,300 per student per year. The governor’s plan would
establish a statewide cyber charter tuition rate of $9,500 per student, saving
an estimated $130 million a year. The governor also proposed changing the funding
formula for special education at charter schools. Currently, charter schools
receive funding for a special education population of 16%, regardless of the
students’ needs. The new plan would put special education funding for charter
schools through the same four-tiered formula that public school districts go
through based on individual students’ needs. Gregory Koons, Ed.D., said in the
2019-20 school year, cyber charter tuition cost the Schuylkill County’s 12
school districts over $9.1 million of taxpayer money. “The costly tuition of
cyber charter schools has created a fiscal strain on our local school district
budgets,” Koons said. “The proposed cyber charter legislation would help reduce
the draining of local school budgets and regulate the ever increasing cyber
charter tuition costs.”
Columbia school
district calls for reform after it says it wasted $300,000 in cyber charter tuition
KYLE KUTZ
for LNP | LancasterOnline February 8, 2021
When: Columbia Borough School District board
meeting, Feb. 2.
What
happened: The
school district is preparing to support funding reform after paying what it
says were inequitable tuition rates to cyber charter schools for the 2020-21
school year.
Background: The district, according to chief of
finance and operations Keith Ramsey, spent $922,995 in tuition, or $34,185 a
learner, to enroll 27 special education students in cyber charter schools in
2020-21. That tuition rate, however, reflects an enrollment estimate from
2019-20 and not actual figures from the current school year. Ramsey stated the
district would have saved nearly $300,000 on tuition fees this year if the
charter schools’ funding formula were based on actual figures rather than
previous estimates.
What’s next: The board expects to pass a resolution
calling for charter school funding reform at its next meeting Feb. 18.
Blogger note: according to their 2018
990, Commonwealth Charter Academy spent $6,654,657 on advertising that year.
COMMONWEALTH
CHARTER ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
HARRISBURG,
PA 17110-1171 | TAX-EXEMPT SINCE DEC. 2005
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990 for period ending June 2018
Pandemic changes up
Pennsylvania’s state budget hearings
Penn Live By Charles Thompson |
cthompson@pennlive.com Updated Feb
08, 2021; Posted Feb 08, 2021
The
late-winter ritual of state budget hearings is getting a coronavirus makeover in Pennsylvania this year. The
House Appropriations Committee announced Monday that its
three-week, department-by-department review of Wolf Administration budget requests will open in the main House chambers
starting Feb 16, in order to give presenters and committee members a chance to
follow all relevant social distancing protocols. Because the Capitol building is technically closed to the public under Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency rules,
this is also the first time in memory that the hearings will be closed to
in-person attendance by members of the public. That’s a different thing,
however, than being closed to the public, Appropriations spokesman Neal Lesher
said, noting all of the sessions will be broadcast by the Pennsylvania Cable
Network and live-streamed on the Internet by the Republican and Democratic
caucus staffs. In addition, credentialed media - who have continued to have
access to the Capitol throughout the closure - will be able to cover the
hearings in person if they wish, Lesher said.
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/02/pandemic-changes-up-pennsylvanias-state-budget-hearings.html
PA House
Appropriations Committee Schedule for Budget Hearings
All will
stream live on PAHouseGOP.com/livestreams and posted for later viewing
Monday,
March 1
1 p.m. Dept.
of Education (part 2)
3 p.m. Pennsylvania
Commission for Community Colleges
http://www.pabudget.com/budgethearings
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
BUDGET HEARING SCHEDULE FY 2021-22
10 a.m.
Dept. of Education
1:30 p.m. Dept.
of Education (continued)
3 p.m. PA State System of Higher Ed
New life for
shuttered Helen Thackston Charter School building?
Erin
Bamer York
Dispatch February 8, 2021
A plan is in
the works to reopen the shuttered Helen Thackston Charter School building on
East Philadelphia Street in York City. York Mayor Michael Helfrich said a group
is currently cleaning up the building at 625 E. Philadelphia St. to eventually
use it as a community center. A Facebook post by Cynthia Dotson said the
building will be used for hosting events, including "youth activities and
educational programs." Helen Thackston Charter School closed in 2018 after
an unsuccessful appeal of the city school board's decision a year earlier
to revoke its charter. The building has been vacant since then. Thackston started
as a middle school since 2009, and high school grades were added in
2013. In 2012 the charter school operators began an $11 million project to
add 41,000 square feet to the
original 28,000-square-foot building, which was constructed in
1902. The York City School District approved a five-year renewal of
Thackston's charter in 2014, just months ahead of a scathing audit from the
state Auditor General's Office, which cited issues including an inadequate
number of certified staff members and missing documentation. The York City
school board voted to initiate revocation hearings in June 2017 — citing
the overdue audits among her issues. The building has been vacant ever since.
According to county real estate records, the owner is CSP York LLC, which is
registered in Nevada but has an address listed in Santa Ana, California.
Allentown School
Board to hold special meeting Thursday to discuss hybrid option
By KAYLA
DWYER THE MORNING CALL | FEB 08, 2021 AT 4:34
PM
The
Allentown School Board will hold a special meeting Thursday to discuss a hybrid
learning model for the district, which has been doing online instruction since
the beginning of the school year. The special board meeting will be held
virtually after Thursday’s Committee of the Whole meetings, which begin at 7
p.m. In mid-January, school directors announced the district would remain in virtual
learning through the end of the third quarter, with a possible reopening date
in mid-April. The district then circulated a survey among families to gauge how
many would choose to send their children to a modified in-person learning
schedule or remain remote if given the opportunity after the end of the third
quarter. The survey closed Jan. 29. Families will still have an entirely
virtual option for the remainder of the school year, the district website
states.
A link to
register for the meeting will be posted on allentownsd.org.
Pottsgrove parent
survey raises possibility of online classes next year
Pottstown
Mercury by Evan
Brandt ebrandt@21st-centurymedia.com @PottstownNews on Twitter February 8, 2021
Pottsgrove
School District officials are asking parents about their preferences for the
school year that starts this fall, including the possibility that some families
may prefer online classes due to the persistence of the coronavirus pandemic. The
letter from Superintendent William Shirk, who will no longer be with the school
district when these final options are chosen, makes it clear that there is no
guarantee all three options outlined in the letter will be available from the
start of the 2021-2022 school year in late August. "To be clear, a great
deal of continued planning will be necessary to convert this from vision to
reality. However, the district would benefit from parent feedback during the
planning process. This communication does not suggest that only one learning
option will be available," shirk wrote.
The three
options about which families are being asked are:
- Conventional, in-person instruction;
- Asynchronous online instruction in which
a student works remotely "at her own pace and time;"
- Synchronous online instruction in which
"the student works remotely but meets for online classes every
day."
"Please
understand that the district will use this information to prepare for next
school year. However, the district cannot yet commit to every option being
available," "Shirk wrote.
Scranton School Board
votes to begin in-person learning for elementary students
Times
Tribune BY
SARAH HOFIUS HALL STAFF WRITER Feb 9, 2021 Updated 15 min ago
Elementary
students in the Scranton School District will return to their classrooms next
month. At the end of a more than five-hour meeting, Scranton school directors
voted early this morning to move to a hybrid schedule for the district’s
youngest students. All staff will return to buildings March 1, with elementary
students starting to return March 15. The resolution passed 7-2, with board
President Katie Gilmartin and Director Sarah Cruz voting no. The plan can be
adjusted based on recommendations expected this week from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. The hybrid plan includes learning in a
classroom two days a week and from home three days a week for elementary
students. The district hopes for secondary students to start a hybrid schedule
in the spring. Students will still have a virtual option under the hybrid plan.
“Virtual learning is not helping us,” Anna Hill, a fifth grade student at
Prescott Elementary School, said when called to speak four hours after the
meeting started. “It’s hurting us mentally, socially and academically. For my
siblings and I, we are not getting the education we deserve.”
Leaders
assured school directors that buildings would be ready for students’ returns,
from already installing hand sanitizer and hand-washing stations, to having
masks for students and face shields for staff. About 150 staff members with
either pre-existing conditions or age 65 or older received vaccines Sunday.
Rosemary Boland, president of the Scranton Federation of Teachers, asked the
board to consider waiting to resume in-person instruction until more employees
have the opportunity to be vaccinated. “Make sure you realize, you’re voting
tonight on something we consider life or death,” Boland said.
In public protest,
thousands of Philly teachers pushed back against reopening schools
Inquirer by
Kristen A. Graham and Maddie Hanna, Updated: February 8, 2021- 7:26
PM
Thousands of
educators gathered outside closed public school buildings across the city
Monday, publicly pushing back against a Philadelphia School District reopening
plan they say endangers staff and students. As they waited for a neutral third
party to determine whether the school system has met safety conditions
necessary to reopen, school staff waved signs and bundled up against frigid
weather, teaching from tents and folding chairs rather than go inside buildings
as Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. had instructed. “We want to work,” said
Elanda Tolliver, an educational assistant at Samuel Gompers Elementary in
Wynnefield. “But we want to come back safe. That’s all we’re asking.” Educators cheered news that the city, school system, and Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia have plans to set up vaccination sites
for teachers and other school workers inside district buildings by the end of the
month, but many teachers said vaccination alone is insufficient without other
assurances.
Philly teachers
protest return to classroom plan as officials wait for mediator decision
WHYY By Miles Bryan Emily Rizzo February 8, 2021 Updated at 7:40
p.m.
Philadelphia
teachers braved sub-freezing temperatures Monday to stage citywide protests
against the school district’s attempt to bring them back to school buildings. District
officials had been demanding some teachers return to school buildings Monday,
ahead of a planned return of up to 9,000 young children on Feb. 22. The
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers had refused, citing grave concerns about
the quality of ventilation in the school buildings and arguing that any staff
asked to come back should be vaccinated against
COVID-19 first. The district had threatened to
discipline teachers who did not report for work, but the city intervened to
diffuse the showdown Sunday night, allowing teachers to work remotely until
a neutral
mediator makes a decision on
whether school buildings are safe for return.
Philadelphia partners
with CHOP to vaccinate educators at pop-up clinics
WHYY By Miles Bryan February 8, 2021 Updated: 3:45 p.m.
The
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is partnering with the city’s department of
public health to administer COVID-19 vaccines to teachers, child care providers, and
other people who work with children in the city. The effort is expected to
begin by the end of February and include pop-up clinics in school buildings
throughout the city, according to a press release issued by Mayor Jim Kenney’s
office Monday. Those eligible include staff at all district, charter,
independent, and parochial schools, as well as child care and pre-K providers. “Getting
children back into classrooms throughout the city is vitally important to their
future, so I am absolutely thrilled to see Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
stepping up in a major way for our children,” Kenney said in a statement.
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-partners-with-chop-to-vaccinate-educators-at-pop-up-clinics/
Mayor unveils
vaccination plan as Philadelphia teachers protest return to school buildings
Chalkbeat
Philly By Johann Calhoun and Dale
Mezzacappa Feb 8, 2021, 4:57pm EST
Mayor Jim Kenney
unveiled a vaccination plan for teachers and school staff after some
Philadelphia teachers protested outside their schools Monday morning, saying
they don’t want to return until they are convinced the buildings are safe. Kenney
announced that Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will assist the city
Department of Public Health in a new vaccination program for teachers,
principals, and staff at all schools. It includes staff at district, charter,
and private schools, as well as at child care centers and prekindergarten
providers. Classroom aides and cafeteria workers also will be included. The
stepped-up vaccination effort could address one of the concerns of teachers who
protested reopening Monday, the day early-grade teachers had been expected to
return to classrooms for the first time since March. Speaking as they took
short breaks from teaching students virtually from outside their buildings in
the cold, some educators said they were hesitant to teach in-person until they
were fully vaccinated. “As we near the one-year anniversary of the pandemic,
getting children back into classrooms throughout the city is vitally important
to their future,” Kenney said. He said that he was in “full support” of
Superintendent William Hite’s hybrid learning plan that will get students in
prekindergarten to second grade back in classrooms the week of Feb. 22.
Keystone Oaks
students return to classes this week as teachers’ strike ends
Trib Live by
BRIAN C. RITTMEYER | Monday, February 8,
2021 10:15 a.m.
Classes in
Keystone Oaks School District will resume Wednesday following a teachers’
strike, the district announced. The date when students and teachers must return
was revised after the state Department of Education reviewed the district’s
calendar. The department determined that the Keystone Oaks Education
Association strike can last up to seven days. “We have not received any
communication from the Keystone Oaks Education Association that they plan to
conclude the work stoppage early,” district spokeswoman Sarah Welch said
Monday. A union spokesman could not be reached for comment. All classes will be
online when they resume Wednesday, the district’s notice states. The strike started Feb. 1 after the union and school board were
unable to agree on a new contract. The last contract expired on June 30.
When Black kids, shut
out from the whitewashed world of children’s literature, took matters into
their own hands | Opinion
PA Capital
Star Commentary By Paige Gray Capital-Star
Op-Ed Contributor February 8, 2021
Paige Gray
is a professor of Writing and Liberal Arts at the Savannah College of Art and
Design. She wrote this piece for The
Conversation, where it first appeared.
Hanging on
the wall in my office is the framed cover of the inaugural issue of The Brownies’ Book, a monthly periodical for Black youths
created by W.E.B. Du Bois and other members of the NAACP in 1920. The magazine
– the first of its kind – includes poems and stories that speak of Black
achievement and history, while also showcasing children’s writing. Although
much of American children’s literature published near the turn of the last
century – and even today – filters childhood through the
eyes of white children, The
Brownies’ Book gave African American children a platform to explore their
lives, interests and aspirations. And it reinforced what 20th-century American
literature scholar Katharine Capshaw has
described as Du Bois’ “faith in the ability of
young people to lead the race into the future.” Most likely inspired by The
Brownies’ Book, several Black weekly newspapers went on to create their own children’s sections. While the children’s publishing industry
may have shut out Black voices and perspectives, the editors of these
periodicals sought to fill the void by celebrating them, giving kids a platform
to express themselves, connect with one another and indulge their curiosities.
An investment in
education is an investment in crime prevention
GoErie Opinion
By Matthew T. Mangino February 8, 2021
Matthew T.
Mangino is the former district attorney of Lawrence County and an adjunct
professor at Thiel College in Mercer County.
Gov. Tom
Wolf recently unveiled, as part of his 2021-22 budget, a plan to invest $1.3
billion in public schools. Investments are typically made with an eye
toward cashing in. Can an investment in education pay dividends? Several years
ago the Alliance for Excellent Education, which advocates for raising the high
school graduation rate, reported that America could save billions of
dollars in annual crime costs if school districts could raise the male high
school graduation rate. While graduation rates have increased according to a
2019 Alliance report, males and "historically underserved students"
have lagged behind.
Summer School,
Extended Learning a Priority in $129 Billion COVID-19 Relief Bill
Education
Week By Andrew Ujifusa — February 08, 2021 4 min
read
The latest
COVID-19 relief proposal in Congress would require districts to use at least 20
percent of their aid on addressing “learning loss” through programs like summer
school, while states would have to set aside 5 percent of the money for similar
purposes. Schools could also use the funding to improve HVAC systems, reduce
class size, implement social distancing, hire support staff, and address a wide
variety of other needs and expenses to help schools reopen safely. The bill now
before the House education committee includes requirements intended to protect
state and local spending on economically disadvantaged students. The $129 billion aid package for K-12 was released Monday by Rep. Bobby
Scott, D-Va. Democrats plan to include relief for schools as part of a larger
coronavirus aid deal through a process known as budget reconciliation. In total
dollar amount, it essentially matches the
$130 billion in relief for schools proposed by President Joe Biden shortly
before his inauguration. The proposal isn’t final, and could change as it
advances through Congress. Scott’s committee is due to consider and advance the
legislation at a Tuesday hearing, where it could be amended.
A Utah School Made
Black History Month Optional. Then It Reversed Itself.
The Maria
Montessori Academy, a charter school in North Ogden, allowed parents to opt
their students out. But after an outcry and discussions with the parents, it
changed course.
New York
Times By Christine Hauser Feb. 8, 2021
A public
charter school in Utah allowed parents to withdraw their children from a Black
History Month curriculum, but reversed its decision after a public outcry and
meeting with parents to address their concerns. Micah Hirokawa, the director of
Maria Montessori Academy in North Ogden, an elementary and junior high school
about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City, said in a statement on Sunday that the
school had, with “regret,” sent an opt-out form to parents who had requested
the option. He did not give details about the parents’ concerns or say how many
had tried to withdraw their children from the events and activities that the school
had scheduled as part of the monthlong program. But he said in the statement,
which was published on the Utah Montessorians Facebook page, that the episode was “alarming” and that
the school had been trying to “change hearts and minds with grace and
courtesy.” He said that the families “that initially had questions and concerns
have willingly come to the table to resolve any differences” and that “at this
time no families are opting out of our planned activities and we have removed
this option.” “It’s been a tough road as we work to honor and follow each
child’s and each adult’s personal journey,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/utah-school-black-history-month.html
SAVING THE BUTTERFLY
FOREST
Environmental
destruction and violence threaten one of the world’s most extraordinary insect
migrations.
The New
Yorker Photography by Brendan
George Ko Text by Carolyn
Kormann February 8, 2021
Every
November, around the Day of the Dead, millions of monarch butterflies descend
on a forest of oyamel firs in the mountains of central Mexico. The butterflies
have never seen the forest before, but they know—perhaps through an inner
compass—that this is where they belong. They leave Canada and the northeastern
United States in late summer and fly for two months, as far as three thousand
miles south and west across the continent. The journey is the most
evolutionarily advanced migration of any known butterfly, perhaps of any known
insect. But climate change and habitat loss, both in the forest (photographed
here in February last year) and in the U.S., are fast eroding the monarchs’
numbers.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/15/saving-the-butterfly-forest
PA Schools Work Next
Lunch & Learn Webinar: A Deep Dive on the Budget Tuesday, February 9th
at Noon
Join PA
Schools Work partners on Tuesday, February 9 at noon for our next Lunch &
Learn webinar, where we will explain the details of the education components of
Governor Wolf's budget proposal.
You can register for the webinar here.
PA State Board of
Education Student Representative Application Now Available
POSTED
ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021 IN PSBA NEWS
On May 22,
2008 the Pennsylvania State Board of Education (SBE) amended their bylaws to
add one nonvoting senior student member and one nonvoting junior student
member. Since September 2009 two high school students have served on the SBE.
For the past year those students have been senior Anne Griffith from Radnor
High School and Junior Eva Rankin from Upper St. Clair High School. These SBE
positions have provided public school students with an unprecedented
opportunity in Pennsylvania to interact with the 22 adult board members and
have helped shape long-term education policy for the 1.8 million K-12 students
in our state and the 680,000 students impacted by our state system of higher
education. The Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils (PASC) was first
charged with the responsibility of recommending two students to hold these
positions for the 2008-2009 school year. PASC is currently accepting
applications for our new junior student representative.
Current 10th grade
students (Class of 2023) enrolled in public high schools in Pennsylvania are
eligible to apply for this position. The introductory letter, commitment forms and
application can be found here. Applications
are due back on March 8th, 2021. Interviews will be conducted virtually.
One student will be selected for a two-year term at that time.
More
information can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GZdrMuzBfYw009nbeUC3JGqxwCipCpsnx1ZlCGPipTw/edit?usp=sharing . Questions may be directed to the two
current student representatives at sbe2021@pasc.net and sbe2022@pasc.net.
Virtual Town Hall on
education fair funding co- sponsored by Avon Grove Charter School and
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools set Feb. 24
West Chester
Daily Local by MediaNews Group February 6, 2021
WEST
GROVE—There will be a virtual Town Hall Meeting on Fair Funding in Education on
Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7 pm. The public is invited. The Town Hall is being co- sponsored by Avon Grove Charter School and Pennsylvania
Coalition of Public Charter Schools. Topics include: problem solve fair
funding solutions; learn how public schools are funded in PA.; learn
about the differences between charter & district schools funding.
All are
welcome. RSVP Link - https://forms.gle/8of8ARxr7Zfdfmp97.
PSBA Spring Virtual Advocacy Day - MAR 22, 2021
PSBA Website January 2021
All public school leaders are invited to join
us for our spring Virtual Advocacy Day on Monday, March 22, 2021, 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 spring 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: Complimentary
for members
Registration: Registration
is available under Event Registration on myPSBA.org.
https://www.psba.org/event/psba-spring-virtual-advocacy-day/
Attend the NSBA 2021
Online Experience April 8-10
NSBA is pleased
to announce the transformation of its in-person NSBA 2021 Annual Conference
& Exposition to the NSBA 2021 Online Experience. This experience will bring
world-class programming, inspirational keynotes, top education solution
providers, and plentiful networking opportunities. Join us on April 8-10, 2021,
for a fully transformed and memorable event!
https://www.nsba.org/Events/NSBA-2021-Online-Experience
NPE/NPE Action
Conference In Philly was rescheduled to October 23/24 due to concerns w/
COVID19.
Network for
Public Education
NPE will be
sending information to registrants very soon!
https://npeaction.org/2021-conference/
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
348 PA school boards have
adopted charter reform resolutions
Charter school funding reform continues to be
a concern as over 340 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/
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