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PA Ed Policy Roundup for July
11, 2014:
Pension
reform: "bring unions to the table"
Corbett signs Pa. budget,
vetoes legislative funding
Delco Times By MARC
LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press POSTED: 07/10/14, 11:04 AM
EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett signed the state budget
10 days late on Thursday and used his line-item veto power to spotlight what he
called the Legislature’s failure to sacrifice with the rest of government or to
curb rising public-sector pension costs that are fueling school tax increases. Corbett, a Republican who is running for
re-election but down in polls to Democrat Tom Wolf, delivered the news in a
lively, campaign-style speech that recounted his accomplishments and took on
lawmakers and public-sector labor unions.
He said he wanted to avoid any more school property tax
increases to cover pension obligations, and criticized the GOP-controlled
Legislature for refusing to contribute any of its approximately $150 million
six-month operating reserve to help state government close a massive deficit.
Overall, he struck $65 million from the Legislature’s own
appropriations and another $7.2 million in earmarks and other spending items
picked by lawmakers, noting that the proposal sent to him last week increased
the General Assembly’s own $320 million budget by 2 percent.
“They filled the budget with discretionary spending and then
refused to deal with the biggest fiscal challenge facing Pennsylvania , our unsustainable public
pension system,” Corbett told reporters.
"Throughout his news conference
Thursday, Corbett took aim at public-employee unions, criticizing them for
pushing legislators to vote against the pension overhaul. But political analyst and pollster G. Terry Madonna
said that, Corbett's criticisms of unions aside, "the reality is,
legislative leaders of the GOP can't get their own people to get pensions
through."
Corbett signs Pa.
ANGELA COULOUMBIS AND
AMY WORDEN, INQUIRER HARRISBURG BUREAU
LAST UPDATED: Friday, July 11, 2014, 1:07 AM
The governor stopped short of calling the legislature back to Harrisburg this summer to
hold a special session on overhauling the pension system. But he signaled that
there was a possibility he would do so.
"Asked whether he would call
lawmakers back from summer recess for a special session to enact pension
reform, Corbett said he is considering all options. His office said he would
address the topic of pensions on Friday during a visit to Pittsburgh
Gov. Corbett signs Pennsylvania
Trib Live By Brad
Bumsted Thursday, July 10, 2014,
10:57 a.m.
HARRISBURG — Intraparty warring among Republicans broke out on Thursday when Gov.
Tom Corbett signed a$29.1
billion budget but vetoed 20
percent of the GOP-dominated legislature's operating budget, intending to
pressure lawmakers to rein in state and school pension costs.
Party leaders accused
Corbett of politicizing the budget and failing to lead. “I think you can't lead from behind; you've
got to lead out front,” said House Majority Leader Mike Turzai of Marshall . He complained
the governor's actions seemed more about “politics than the hard work of
governing.”
Furious Senate leaders
said the budget process “is not a game to be played, and vital government
programs should never be placed in jeopardy.”
“We are disappointed that the governor has not, to date, been able to
work effectively with the Republican majorities in the House and Senate to
address important fiscal issues impacting our state,” Senate President Pro
Tempore Joe Scarnati of Jefferson County and Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi of Delaware County
"There's too many unanswered questions for us to do it in a
rush just to say we did something on pension reform," he said. DiGirolamo also wants to see unions involved
in designing any new pension plans. "Bring
them to the table and see if we can't involve everybody that has an interest in
this issue," he said.
Corbett signs $29 billion
budget, slams lawmakers over pension inaction
By Gideon Bradshaw, Call Harrisburg
Bureau 3:42 p.m. EDT, July 10, 2014
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett this morning said he has signed the
state's 2014-15 budget, but also accused lawmakers of doing too little to
repair the state's finances. Corbett
said he was using his line-item veto authority to eliminate $65 million in
General Assembly spending, and $7.2 million in legislative-designated spending. "I am forcing mutual sacrifice with the
General Assembly through the governor's ability to line-item veto spending and
hold spending in budgetary reserve," Corbett said.
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-corbett-signs-pa-budget-20140710,0,2243256.story#ixzz379dbwmw2
Corbett signs state budget,
vetoes legislative funding
Corbett may call for
special session to discuss pension reform
After 10 days of careful review surrounded by intense political
drama, Gov. Tom Corbett announced Thursday he had finally signed the budget. But the Republican still found a way to
deliver a blow to the Legislature for failing to act on his call to overhaul
the state’s pension systems.
General Assembly Budget
Impact on School Funding
PA Budget and Policy
Center
In February, Governor Corbett proposed a $241 million Ready to
Learn block grant to focus dollars to local schools. As the General Assembly
re-worked the 2014-15 budget, the Ready to Learn block grant was reduced to
$100 million. As no new dollars were appropriated for the Basic Education
Funding subsidy, this is the major infusion of new dollars into local schools
for operating purposes in 2014-15. Attached
are estimates of how much school districts and charter schools
would have received under the Governor's proposal and how it compares with
the General Assembly's budget. Additionally, the districts with
the largest differences, in total and per student, between the two
proposals are presented.
Updated PA 2014-15 budget
line items (including those vetoed)| July 10
PA Budget and Policy
Center
On July 10, 2014, Governor Corbett reduced or eliminated
funding in 38 specific line-items in the General Assembly approved 2014-15
Budget. These reductions totaled $72.4 million, or 0.25% of state General Fund
dollars appropriated in the bill (HB 2328).
The funding reductions were focused on the Legislature and its
support agencies.
It is not clear if the General Assembly will act to attempt to
override Governor Corbett's reductions or if the line-items will be funded with
accumulated surpluses in various legislative accounts.
Below is a listing of just the line-items reduced by the
governor and their impact on department budgets.
Legislators aren't rushing
back to Harrisburg
By Christina
Kauffman | ckauffman@pennlive.com on July 10, 2014 at 3:39 PM,
updated July 10, 2014 at 4:27 PM
There are at least a couple concepts on which Republican
leaders of the state House and Senate can agree: They're not fans of Gov. Tom Corbett's response
to this year's budget, and they're not rushing back to Harrisburg to please him. Corbett is a Republican and so are the
majorities in both chambers. But the governor didn't seem to win anyone's
compliance after scolding
legislators Thursday, when he announced line-item vetoes in the budget
and said the legislature should return to Harrisburg
to work on pension reform.
Wielding his veto pen, an
angry Corbett finds his mojo - will it be enough?: John L. Micek
By John L. Micek |
jmicek@pennlive.com on July 10, 2014 at 2:39 PM, updated July 10,
2014 at 3:55 PM
Tom Corbett was angry.
Even reading from what was pretty clearly a prepared script, he
was no-foolin', stern Dad, prosecutor-unwilling-to-make-a-deal angry.
"We made tough decisions so that funding could continue
for the critical services and programs for the people of
Pennsylvania,"Corbett harrumphed during a long-awaited speech
in which he announced that he'd signed the 2014-15 state budget,
but had busted out his veto pen to spike $72 million in funding for a
state Legislature that has so far refused to deliver on his goal of
pension reform. "The same cannot be
said for the General Assembly," he harrumphed a bit more, before calling
on the Legislature to return from its summer break to unravel the $65 billion
pension knot he says is set to consume about 60 cents of every dollar of state
spending.
"Effective leadership is about making difficult
choices," he robble-robbled further. "Pennsylvania has a full-time Legislature and
the General Assembly left with unfinished business. They need to come back and
enact pension reform."
With Pa.
WHYY Newsworks BY MARIE
CUSICK JULY 10, 2014
After waiting 10 days to sign the state budget, Gov, Tom
Corbett has seemingly ended a standoff with Pennsylvania lawmakers by signing the
document Thursday morning. But tensions
still are running high, as Corbett continues to fight with his own Republican
Party over what to do about the state pension system. Shortly after signing the $1.86 billion budget,
Corbett sharply criticized legislators for failing to curb skyrocketing pension
costs.
"The General Assembly left Harrisburg earlier this month with unfinished
business," he said. "They need to come back and enact pension
reform."
Senate Republicans fired back saying they are committed to a
pension overhaul and calling the governor's leadership on the issue
disappointing. But it's unlikely
lawmakers will tackle such a thorny issue during an election year, according to
Chris Borick, the head of the Muhlenberg
College 's Institute of Public Opinion
Senate Leaders Respond to
Governor Corbett’s Veto of Legislative Budget Lines
PA Senate Republican Website July 10, 2014
“Today the Governor unilaterally eliminated funding in the
state budget, which was timely passed by the Senate and House of
Representatives on June 30, 2014. “The
Governor’s line item veto included operating funds appropriated to the
legislature. These cuts were disproportionately directed at the
Senate. We have serious concerns with the ability of the Senate to
function as a central figure in the legislative process with $30 million being
stripped from our reserves. “Over the
past three years the Senate has taken a proactive role limiting operating costs
and reducing legislative reserves, while preserving the ability to serve our
constitutional role as a separate and independent branch of government.
Throughout this period the Senate has shared in the responsibility to decrease
spending by returning over $27.2 million to the state.
Republicans applaud
governor's call for pension reform work this summer
By Barbara Miller |
bmiller@pennlive.com on July 10, 2014 at 12:59 PM, updated July
10, 2014 at 2:53 PM
In contrast to Democrats, Republicans
applaud Gov. Tom Corbett's call for the General Assembly to return to
Harrisburg and work on pension reform.
Here's what some Republican legislators say about the governor's
proposal, announced as he signed the $29.1 billion state budget but slashed
$72.2 million:
Will legislators come
back in session to tackle pension reform?
By Barbara Miller |
bmiller@pennlive.com on July 10, 2014 at 12:52 PM, updated July
10, 2014 at 1:35 PM
Will legislators return to tackle pension reform, as Gov.
Tom Corbett called this morning as he announced he was signing the state
budget but cutting $72.2 million?
The senate Democratic leadership is unhappy with the prospect, based on
the statements they released slamming the governor's line item veto and
blaming Republicans for creating the pension mess.
Did Corbett flub his budget
strategy? Midstate analysts debate
By Christina
Kauffman | ckauffman@pennlive.com on July 10, 2014 at 6:19 PM,
updated July 10, 2014 at 7:18 PM
Gov. Tom
Corbett's strategy for this year's state budget might be a topic of wonk
debate long after the checks have been mailed and cashed. What some pundits can agree on for now,
though, is that Corbett might've backed himself into a position one
analyst identified as "the proverbial no-win situation." But the governor had some same-party help
backing into that itchy corner, and there's a fractured legislature to share
some blame for Corbett's lack of advancement on policy priorities such as
liquor privatization and pension reform, one midstate analyst said.
"It's interesting that two of the most powerful
Republicans in the state hail from right here in Delco. Sen. Dominic Pileggi, R-9, of Chester, is
Senate Majority Chairman. Rep. Bill Adolph, R-165, of Springfield, is the
chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Pileggi and other GOP senators are not amused, saying the governor did
not do a very good job of explaining his priorities. It's not the first time
Corbett has come under fire from his own party."
Delco Times Heron's Nest Blog by Editor Philo Heron Friday,
July 11, 2014
Gov. Tom Corbett has decided to go to war.
But not against Tom Wolf, the York businessman who is sitting on a
double-digit lead in the polls over the incumbent in the November general
election. Yesterday a peeved Corbett
signed off on a $29 billion dollar spending plan, but not before taking out his
veto pen and slashing items near and dear to the hearts of state legislators.
Here's where things get interesting.
PA Partnerships for
Children July 10, 2014
Earlier today, Gov. Tom
Corbett signed a
$29 billion state budget for fiscal 2014-15 after line-item vetoing $72.2 million
in appropriations related to legislative spending in an effort to force the
General Assembly to address pension reform. The new spending plan is about a
1.7 percent increase over fiscal 2013-14, but less than Gov. Corbett's original
budget proposal in February.
While the new budget
has some modest funding increases in several programs that benefit children, it
puts about $141 million less into basic education than the governor's original
budget proposal. Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children is concerned about the
sustainability of the budget even through the end of this fiscal year. The
budget does not include any new sources of substantial and recurring revenue.
Rather, it relies on a mix of one-time transfers, revised revenue projections,
a delay in payment to Medicaid managed care organizations and a few other
assumptions to come up with the total spend number. If the revenue assumptions
don't keep up with expectations, Pennsylvania
could be faced with a need to make mid-year budget cuts in order to balance the
scales.
The fiscal code bill, House
Bill 278, which directs how the money can be spent didn't reach the
governor's desk until July 9. The delay was caused by disagreements between the
House and Senate on economic development, the bank share tax, and language to
provide a basic education funding enhancement of $1.45 million to the Allentown School District
Here are details on how
the new spending plan impacts key children's programs:
Statement on cigarette tax
and school funding
Philadelphia, July 10, 2014 – In response to
comments Governor Tom Corbett made today in support of the enactment of a
cigarette tax, Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Council President Darrell Clarke,
Philadelphia School District Superintendent Dr. William Hite, School Reform
Commission Chair Bill Green and President and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce Rob Wonderling released the following statement:
“We very much appreciate
the Governor's strong support for a cigarette tax that will benefit Philadelphia school
children. We also are thankful for the General Assembly's continuing
support for this measure. We hope this vital tax enabling legislation is
enacted as soon as possible. The local revenue at issue is critically
important to the ongoing operations of the School District of Philadelphia
Mayor Michael A. Nutter
Council President Darrell Clarke
Dr. William R. Hite, Superintendent, Philadelphia School
District
Bill Green, Chair, School Reform Commission
Rob Wonderling, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce
"Members of Parents United for Public
Education, a grassroots group, said they were consulting legal counsel over the
layoffs. They are particularly concerned about the loss of the bilingual
counseling assistant and the aides who work with special-education
children. "You hear this phrase,
'Cut to the bone,' but we're breaking limbs," said Sabra Townsend, a
Parents United member. "This is brinkmanship, and it has to stop."
342 Phila. School
District workers laid off
KRISTEN A. GRAHAM, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
LAST UPDATED: Friday, July 11, 2014, 1:08 AM POSTED: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 5:36 PM
Without the all-important cigarette tax, 1,300 employees of the
perpetually strapped Philadelphia
School District
Philly District announces 342
layoffs, mostly aides; move unrelated to cigarette tax
the notebook by Dale
Mezzacappa on Jul 10, 2014 01:25 PM Updated | 3:25 p.m.
The School District announced
342 layoffs Thursday, most of them noontime aides and special-education
classroom assistants. But the total also
includes eight assistant principals, three conflict-resolution specialists, and
15 assistants in Head Start classrooms. District
spokeswoman Raven Hill said that these layoffs were mostly the result of budget
decisions made by principals and are not related to the 1,300 layoffs that may
be necessary if the legislature fails to give final approval to a cigarette tax
to raise funds for the District.
Philly teachers union head
rejects Corbett call for further concessions
WHYY Newsworks BY TOM
MACDONALD JULY 10, 2014
As Gov. Tom Corbett asked for contract concessions from the
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Thursday morning, 300 layoff notices are on
their way to school district employees.
The head of the city teachers union says, "No way."
"We need to have the public sector teacher union in Philadelphia step up and
make concessions," Corbett said as he signed the state's $29.1 billion
budget. "I find it unfathomable that in 498 school districts in Pennsylvania , teachers
contribute to their health care. Two other school districts, and primarily Philadelphia do not
contribute."
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers head Jerry Jordan said
Corbett's demand ignores sacrifices his members have already made. "We have gone a full year without a
raise, making this the third consecutive year that members of the federation
have gone without a raise," Jordan said. "We also said we
would be willing to find savings of several millions of dollars in order to
help the district get through this fiscal problem."
Helen Gym: What the schools
need now
Citypaper By Helen
Gym Published: 07/10/2014
Helen Gym is a co-founder
of Parents United for Public Education.
The chaotic scramble in Harrisburg
over whether to allow Philadelphia to tax itself
for its own schools reveals a humbling lesson about school funding: Philadelphia is the only
school district in the state lacking the power to raise its own revenue. Instead, our schools rely most heavily on the
mercurial whims of non-Philadelphia legislators. It took an outpouring of civic
action, Mayor Nutter’s presence, a unified Philadelphia delegation and a questionable
trade-off on charter authorization just to pass a cigarette tax in the House —
only to see legislative action delayed by the Senate this week. As of today, Philadelphia schools are $93 million short of
last year’s miserable status quo. And once again, during this budget round, we
didn’t gain meaningful added funding from the state. We also didn’t achieve
adequate, sustainable funding since the legislature evaded both a fracking tax
and the enactment of a formula for school funding.
So, now what?
Butkovitz sees progress in
review of charter schools
MARTHA WOODALL, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER POSTED: Friday,
July 11, 2014, 1:08 AM
Four years after issuing a scathing report on charter schools
that found conflicts of interest and questionable business practices, City
Controller Alan Butkovitz said Thursday that several of the schools had made
strides. He singled out the Harambee
Institute of Science and Technology Charter School
in West Philadelphia , which he lambasted
earlier because a nonprofit that owned the school's building was operating a
nightclub inside on weekends and its chief financial officer was collecting
salaries from several charters. A review
that Butkovitz's office began in January found that the nightclub no longer
existed and that the school had cut ties to its former chief financial officer.
Report: Charter schools
improve business practices
SOME OF Philadelphia's charter schools have taken heed of
recommendations put forth in a stinging 2010 controller's report and, according
to a follow-up report, have been able to improve their governance
practices. Harambee Institute of Science
and Technology Charter
School in West
Philadelphia , for example, had a few irregular practices that have
been resolved since the 2010 report.
Charter school takes Lancaster
The battle for an entrepreneurship-focused charter school in
the School District
of Lancaster Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship Charter
School
Here's some prior coverage of the proposed
ABECS charter
Two parent leaders in Lancaster , Pennsylvania Turkey . This is their petition:
The application for a
new charter school in Lancaster ,
Pennsylvania
What 4 teachers told Obama
over lunch
President Obama sat down this week for lunch at the White House
with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and four teachers to talk about education, teaching and
school reform. What the teachers said to Obama is explained in the following
post by Justin Minkel, the 2007 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, a board member of
the National Network of State Teachers of the Year, and a member of the Center
for Teaching Quality’sCollaboratory.
He writes two blogs, Teaching for
Triumph and Career Teacher.
Follow him on Twitter: @JustinMinkel
By Justin Minkel
President Obama has often been described as an eloquent
speaker. I learned this week that he is an eloquent listener, too. The table in the West Wing was set for six:
the president, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and four teachers. The
hour-long conversation was serious but relaxed. The four of us have each been
teaching in high-poverty schools for over a decade, and the president asked us
to respond to a few questions that were on his mind.
The president wanted to know: Why had we stayed in our schools?
What could he and the secretary do to support teachers in high-need schools?
What policies could ensure that students who need the strongest teachers
receive them?
This is what we told him:
Investigation finds poor
results at Michigan
NSBA School Board News Today by Del Stover July 10th, 2014
Michigan taxpayers spend nearly $1 billion annually to support
the state’s 370 charter schools, but there’s little transparency in how that
money is spent—and many poor-performing charters aren’t held accountable. Those are among the findings of a
recent Detroit Free Pressinvestigation
that has put the spotlight on failures in Michigan ’s charter school policy.
For their money, the newspaper makes clear, state taxpayers
aren’t finding that charter schools offer any improvement in student academic
performance. Although many excellent charters exist, 38 percent fall below the
25th percentile in state rankings, compared to 23 percent of
traditional schools. What’s more,
the Free Press uncovered a pattern of wasteful spending,
financial conflicts of interest, and interference in the efforts of charter
school boards to provide oversight.“Michigan
laws regulating charters are among the nation’s weakest,” it reports.
NSBA discusses school lunch
concerns with USDA
NSBA School Board News Today by Margaret Suslick July 10th, 2014
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) was one of 16
organizations that met today with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Under
Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Concannon, and “Let’s Move!” Executive Director
Sam Kass to discuss problems implementing new regulations for school meals
stipulated by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFK) and methods for
improving child nutrition. Lucy Gettman, NSBA’s Director of Federal Programs,
represented NSBA to call for recognition of the impact of the legislation on
school district budgets and operations.
Gettman thanked the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for
“including school district governance in this conversation and for taking a
leadership role in convening this group of stakeholders, many of whom have
never been convened as a group before. Hopefully, this will be the first of
several conversations.
Teaching in Pennsylvania
EPLC "Focus on Education" TV Program on PCN - July 13 at 3:00 p.m.
EPLC "Focus on Education" TV Program on PCN - July 13 at 3:00 p.m.
The next EPLC "Focus on Education" episode
will air this coming Sunday, July 13 at 3:00 p.m. on PCN
television. This July 13 panel will discuss the status of
the teaching profession in Pennsylvania; what it takes to become a teacher
in the state; teacher preparation programs; whether there are efforts
to attract more minority students to the teaching profession; why we lose a
high percentage of new teachers after only a few years; the status of
the new teacher evaluation system in Pennsylvania; and much more.
The panel will include:
·
Ron Cowell, President of The Education
Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC) and Host of the "Focus on Education"
programs;
·
Dr. Theresa Barnaby, Director, Bureau of
School Leadership and Teacher Quality;
·
Ryan Devlin, 2013 Pennsylvania
Teacher of the Year and Brockway
Area High
School
·
Dolores McCracken, PSEA Treasurer,
Council Rock Education Foundation Treasurer, and parent education advocate; and
·
Dr. Sally A. Winterton, President, Pennsylvania Association
of Colleges and Teacher Educators.
Educational Collaborators Pennsylvania Summit
The Educational Collaborators, in partnership with the Wilson School
District
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EPLC Education Issues
Workshop for Legislative Candidates, Campaign Staff, and Interested Voters - Harrisburg
Register Now! EPLC will again be hosting
an Education Issues Workshop for Legislative Candidates, Campaign Staff,
and Interested Voters. This nonpartisan, one-day program will take place
on Thursday, July 31 in Harrisburg .
Space is limited. Click
here to learn more about workshop and to register.
PSBA opens nominations for
the Timothy M. Allwein Advocacy Award
The nomination process is now open for the Timothy M. Allwein Advocacy Award. This award may be presented annually to the individual school director or entire school board to recognize outstanding leadership in legislative advocacy efforts on behalf of public education and students that are consistent with the positions in PSBA’s Legislative Platform. Applications will be accepted until July 16, 2014. The July 16 date was picked in honor of Timothy M. Allwein's birthday. The award will be presented during the PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference in October. More details and application are available on PSBA's website.
The nomination process is now open for the Timothy M. Allwein Advocacy Award. This award may be presented annually to the individual school director or entire school board to recognize outstanding leadership in legislative advocacy efforts on behalf of public education and students that are consistent with the positions in PSBA’s Legislative Platform. Applications will be accepted until July 16, 2014. The July 16 date was picked in honor of Timothy M. Allwein's birthday. The award will be presented during the PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference in October. More details and application are available on PSBA's website.
Education Policy and Leadership Center
Click here to read more
about EPLC’s Education Policy Fellowship Program, including: 2014-15 Schedule
2014-15 Application Past Speakers Program Alumni And More Information
2014
PA Gubernatorial Candidate Plans for Education and Arts/Culture in PA
Education Policy and
Leadership Center
Below is an alphabetical list of the 2014 Gubernatorial Candidates and
links to information about their plans, if elected, for education and
arts/culture in Pennsylvania . This list will be updated, as more information becomes available.
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