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Keystone State Education Coalition
PA Ed Policy Roundup October 1, 2015:
'Wild West'
charter school spending, lack of openness spotlighted in Roebuck report
"I continue to be
troubled by the lack of openness for many of these tax-funded schools.
Requiring more transparency could have prevented many of the problems
spotlighted in this report and by news stories in recent years. The previous
director of the state Office of Open Records called charter schools 'a cancer
on the otherwise healthy right-to-know law,' and the Open Records office
reported receiving 239 appeals in cases in which charter schools either rejected
or failed to answer taxpayer right-to-know requests."
'Wild West'
charter school spending, lack of openness spotlighted in Roebuck report
Reining in overpayments could
help resolve state budget impasse
Rep.
James R. Roebuck Jr., September 30, 2015 | 10:45 AM
HARRISBURG, Sept. 30 – State Rep. James Roebuck,
D-Phila., today released a report on Pennsylvania charter schools that
spotlights what he called the "Wild West" spending or borrowing
practices of some, as well as a general lack of openness from the tax-funded,
privately run schools. "For
example, as a news report disclosed recently, charter schools in Philadelphia alone have
racked up nearly $500 million in debt, often at rates of 8 or 8 1/2 percent.
Taxpayers ultimately fund all of it, including millions of dollars in
consulting and legal fees and questionable building costs," said Roebuck,
Democratic chairman of the House Education Committee. House
Democratic Leader Frank Dermody, D-Allegheny, said: "Reining in charter school overspending and
overpayments could help resolve the state budget impasse. Every
dollar freed up this way is a dollar that can restore education cuts; every
dollar freed up this way is a dollar that doesn't have to come from taxes. I
think this is something both Republicans and Democrats should be able to
support." Roebuck said:
"Governor Tom Wolf has proposed $160 million in savings from reforming
cyber charter school payments. We should build on that by making strong reforms
to brick-and-mortar charter schools as well.
Democratic House Education Committee Representative James R
Roebuck Jr. Sept. 2015
"The state already
missed a hefty payment to school districts in August and is on track to miss
another one Thursday."
GOP leaders plan vote on Wolf budget
GOP leaders plan vote on Wolf budget
ANGELA COULOUMBIS, INQUIRER HARRISBURG
BUREAU LAST UPDATED: Thursday, October 1, 2015, 1:08 AM POSTED: Wednesday,
September 30, 2015, 5:54 PM
Republicans
throw down the gauntlet for Wolf’s tax plan
The PLS
Reporter Author: Jason Gottesman/Wednesday,
September 30, 2015
Pennsylvania’s
budget stalemate took another turn Wednesday as Republican leaders threw down
the gauntlet for Gov. Tom Wolf and legislative Democrats to whip enough votes in
both caucuses to support what they say is Gov. Wolf’s revenue plan as of a
September 11, 2015, budget negotiating meeting.
According to House Majority Leader Dave Reed (R-Indiana) and Senate
Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-Centre), the plan will be brought up for a vote
Wednesday, October 7. If it passes the House, it will be brought up for a vote
in the Senate the following week. “There
seems to be some disbelief on behalf of the governor as to whether the votes
are there or not [for personal income and sales tax increases] and we are at a
fork in the road,” Rep. Reed added. “Next Wednesday, we are going to choose a
path.” He said if the votes are there
for the tax plan, Republicans will move to put Gov. Wolf’s budget up for a
vote, bringing the budget impasse to a close.
“If the votes are not there, the governor needs to recognize that, he
needs to take his personal income tax and sales tax increase proposals off the
table and negotiate a budget that can realistically get the votes and get this
budget impasse to a halt,” he said.
Republican
leaders invite vote on Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf's tax plan
By Brad
Bumsted Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, 1:09 p.m.
HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has a high-stakes showdown with Republicans next week on whether House members of both parties are willing to vote for higher taxes.
HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has a high-stakes showdown with Republicans next week on whether House members of both parties are willing to vote for higher taxes.
House
and Senate Republican leaders called the bluff of House Democrats who said
they're close to having 84 committed votes in their caucus and might be able to
garner 18 Republicans for a 102-vote majority.
But Rep. Nick Kotik of Coraopolis, an outspoken “blue dog Democrat,”
said getting to that number is “a steep climb.”
“Politically, (the tax vote) is a real death knell for younger members,”
Kotik said. “You're asking new guys to cast votes that may end their careers.” The GOP
leaders scheduled a House vote for Wednesday — on what will be the 98th day of
the budget impasse — to consider Wolf's tax plan.
Wolf appeals
to Micacarelli, other rank-and-file GOP lawmakers on budget plan
Delco Times By Marc Levy, The Associated Press POSTED: 09/30/15, 9:54 AM
EDT
HARRISBURG,
Pa. >> Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and his allies have begun reaching out to
rank-and-file Republican lawmakers – including Delco state Rep. Nick
Miccarelli, R-162, in an effort to build majority support for a budget plan
that can break a 3-month-old budget stalemate. The
concept being circulated lacks many details but revolves around imposing a new
severance tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling and raising the state’s
personal income tax rate, Republicans said.
Rep. Gene DiGirolamo, R-Bucks, said it will be difficult, but not
impossible, for Wolf to woo enough Republicans to his side to pass both houses
of the Legislature, where huge GOP majorities are in control. “I’m willing to talk to the administration,”
said DiGirolamo, who has a history of bucking House GOP leadership. “The
question is, what are the rates on the Marcellus Shale tax and personal income
tax and where does the revenue go?”
Gov. Tom
Wolf's latest tax package, as shared by GOP negotiators
Penn
Live By Charles Thompson | cthompson@pennlive.com
Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
September 30, 2015 at 5:00 PM, updated September 30, 2015 at 8:59 PM
Here's a
detailed look at the individual pieces of Gov. Tom Wolf's latest tax package,
which the administration proposed on Sept. 11 and could receive a vote on
the state House floor next week. The
$1.78 billion in projected new revenue, the administration has argued, is
needed to bring its revised $31.2 billion spending plan into balance. In fiscal 2016-17, the first full year the
same taxes would be in effect, the increases are projected to raise $3.24
billion. It is dramatically scaled back
from the governor's initial plan offered in March, though as proposed now it
does not create an off-set for lower
school property tax bills, another top Wolf priority. This plan, rather, is specifically matched to
the state's 2015-16 budget needs. The proposed changes, from the biggest to
smallest, are:
Penn Live
By Charles Thompson |
cthompson@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
September 30, 2015 at 7:37 PM
House
Minority Leader Frank Dermody put to rest Wednesday any idea that House
Democrats would reject a challenge laid down by majority Republicans to make
their case for Gov. Tom Wolf's tax
increase package. Dermody,
whose caucus is badly outnumbered in the state House, said he and his team will
"see what we can do" to rally 102 votes for Wolf's $1.8 billion tax
package that he called "a crucial vote for the future of Pennsylvania. "This is going to be a chance for
Democrats and Republicans to work together to come up with a plan to adequately
fund our schools, fix the structural deficit and avoid the destructive cuts in
human services programs next year that would make the last four years (under
former Gov. Tom Corbett) feel like a vacation," the Pittsburgh Democrat
said. "We take this very seriously
and we do believe that this is a crucial vote for the future of Pennsylvania ."
GOP schedules
Wolf's Pa.
WHYY
Newsworks BY MARY WILSON
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
Republican
lawmakers in Pennsylvania
say it's put up or give up time for Gov. Tom Wolf's tax proposals. GOP legislative leaders told reporters
Wednesday they plan to bring up the governor's latest tax plans for a vote in
the House in exactly one week. They framed the move as a means to get budget
negotiations moving again. "If the
votes are not there, the governor needs to recognize that," said GOP House
Majority Leader Dave Reed, who for months has insisted that Wolf's proposed tax
hikes can't possibly pass the Legislature.
"He needs to take his personal income tax and sales tax increase
proposals off the table," said Reed, "and negotiate a budget that
realistically could garner the votes and bring this budget impasse to a
halt." Reed
added that if the tax package passes, Republicans will be happy to bring up a
spending bill so lawmakers can see how the money would be allocated.
State Republicans: Let's put Gov. Wolf's
tax plan to a vote next week
LANCASTERONLINE | Staff
September 30, 2015
Gov. Tom
Wolf says he can convince rank-and-file Republicans to support his tax plan.
Go ahead
and try, House and Senate Republican leaders said. In a press conference Wednesday, House
Majority Leader Dave Reed and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman said they will
allow a vote next week on Gov. Wolf's proposals to raise the sales and personal
income taxes — if only to show the administration there is no support for
them. Reed and Corman told reporters
they are fed up with hearing the Democratic governor say he believes he has
support among their party's legislators for his budget proposals, which in the
past have included raising taxes to finance property tax relief and raise more
money for schools. Come next Wednesday, said
Reed, R-Indiana, he will step aside and allow the package to be brought up for
a vote. "We've
told the governor that the votes are just simply not there," said Reed.
"There seems to be some disbelief amongst the governor about whether the
votes are there or not, and we are are at a fork in the road. And next
Wednesday, we will choose a path." Corman,
R-Jefferson, put it this way: "If the votes are there — and we don't
think they are — then we'll be done."
The
state has been operating without a budget since July 1, and the resulting
impasse has halted state aid to counties, schools and non-profit providers of
social services.
"Pennsylvania
is not in as bad a situation as New Jersey or Illinois ," said Scott McGough, director
of fixed income for Glenmede Trust Co. in Philadelphia ,
who is reducing his holdings of Pennsylvania
Stalemate Over
Tax Increases Pushes Pennsylvania
Financial Advisor SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 • BLOOMBERG
NEWS
As
Congress races to avert a government shutdown, what may be a more prolonged
political fight over the budget is dragging on in the state capital 120 miles (193
kilometers) to the north. In Harrisburg , Pennsylvania Keystone
State Pennsylvania
is the only state aside from Illinois
that’s still locked in a stalemate over the budget, a standoff reminiscent of
those that once played out in statehouses around the nation after the
recession. While public finances have recovered along with the economy, Pennsylvania lawmakers
are contending with a $53 billion pension-fund shortfall that’s threatening to
hit the state with rising bills, as well as pressure to steer more money into
schools. As a
result, investors are demanding yields on 10-year Pennsylvania bonds of 2.71 percent, 0.56
percentage point more than AAA municipal securities, according to data compiled
by Bloomberg. That’s just shy of the 0.61 percentage point reached in June,
which was the highest since the data began in 2013. Only Illinois
and New Jersey ,
which have even larger pension shortfalls, pay more, according to data on 20
states.
Republicans
will roll the dice next week on Wolf's tax plan - and hope it comes up snake
eyes: Analysis
Penn
Live By John L. Micek | jmicek@pennlive.com
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on September 30, 2015 at 2:38 PM, updated September 30, 2015 at 4:31 PM
Ok, so I
was wrong. After
June's pretend tax vote in the state House, a futile attempt at a veto override
in August andGov. Tom Wolf's veto
Tuesday of a Republican-authored, $11 billion stop-gap budget,
I thought Harrisburg's warring factions had run out of time-wasting political
set-pieces. And then
GOP House and Senate leaders went and announced Wednesday that they had
dug deep into their well-thumbed copy of"The Big Book o' Parliamentary Maneuvers (Special How to
Embarrass a Democrat Edition)," to extract yet another ploy. Gov. Tom Wolf Says He Is Settling For Nothing Short Of A
Finalized BudgetDespite signs of progress and potential plans to meet with
Republican leaders for a third time Monday evening, Gov. Tom Wolf said he will
veto the stopgap budget that the GOP-controlled Legislature sent him. Here's what's going to happen - it's a plan
an Arizona
desert-dwelling Coyote could love.
In Harrisburg , like Washington
JOHN BAER, DAILY NEWS POLITICAL COLUMNIST POSTED: Wednesday, September
30, 2015, 12:16 AM
LET'S
CHECK IN on Harrisburg , also known as Lil' Washington on the
Susquehanna. You've noticed
similarities, yes? Democrat runs the
executive branch, Republicans run the legislative branch and the tree not only
produces no fruit but also appears to be dead.
Welcome to governing in modern times.
I'm not sure House Speaker John Boehner's stepping aside helps fix
Washington, but some suggest House Speaker Mike Turzai's stepping aside might
help fix Harrisburg . OK, actually, that's just wishful thinking by
Democrats who see Turzai as least likely among GOP leaders to compromise with
Gov. Wolf in order to get a budget in place before, let's say, Christmas. On the other hand, maybe any change in Harrisburg 's hierarchy
could move the budgetary needle, which is stuck in place for going on four
months now. What's new?
The Pennsylvania
Editorial
By The
Tribune-Review Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, 9:00 p.m.
Governing is an exercise in give and take — true compromise not to be confused with capitulation — and always for the common good. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf would be wise to review that basic maxim as he seeks rehabilitation for his predilection to not play well with others. The Democrat governor, one man with one stroke of a pen, cost the taxpayers he purports to defend millions of dollars Tuesday when he vetoed the GOP-controlled General Assembly's stopgap budget bill. It was designed to ease the pain of public school districts and some social service agencies as negotiations over a permanent budget continue. The commonwealth has been budgetless for more than 90 days. The taxpayer tab — as high as $11.2 million — will come in the form of interest incurred by 17 school districts and two intermediate units now forced to borrow because of the stalemate. The Republican majority says the partial spending measure would have prevented the need for such borrowing and reduced pressure on budget negotiators as they continue discussions. But Mr. Wolf argues it's exactly the kind of pressure needed to force a deal — one, we remind, that includes the governor's demand for damaging tax hikes.
Governing is an exercise in give and take — true compromise not to be confused with capitulation — and always for the common good. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf would be wise to review that basic maxim as he seeks rehabilitation for his predilection to not play well with others. The Democrat governor, one man with one stroke of a pen, cost the taxpayers he purports to defend millions of dollars Tuesday when he vetoed the GOP-controlled General Assembly's stopgap budget bill. It was designed to ease the pain of public school districts and some social service agencies as negotiations over a permanent budget continue. The commonwealth has been budgetless for more than 90 days. The taxpayer tab — as high as $11.2 million — will come in the form of interest incurred by 17 school districts and two intermediate units now forced to borrow because of the stalemate. The Republican majority says the partial spending measure would have prevented the need for such borrowing and reduced pressure on budget negotiators as they continue discussions. But Mr. Wolf argues it's exactly the kind of pressure needed to force a deal — one, we remind, that includes the governor's demand for damaging tax hikes.
District seeks crowd at Erie
By ERICA
ERWINerica.erwin@timesnews.com29
Sep 2015 — Erie
Times-News
The Erie School
District
A
"Fund Our Schools" rally is set for Friday at 3
p.m. at the stadium, East 26th and State streets, to encourage legislators
to pass a state budget. Students in all district schools will be dismissed
early at 1 p.m. so students, teachers, administrators and staff can
attend. The rally is open to all
concerned community members and taxpayers.
"Everybody who has a stake in the success of our schools should
come to this rally," Superintendent Jay Badams said Monday. The
hourlong rally will feature remarks from local and state officials, student
representatives, community members and representatives from the Pennsylvania
State Education Association, as well as student songs and performances.
School
districts borrowing money as budget stalemate continues
Centre Daily Times BY BRITNEY MILAZZO bmilazzo@centredaily.comSeptember
30, 2015
Public
school districts statewide have started borrowing money to help cushion the
blow from the state budget impasse. Auditor General Eugene
DePasquale released a statement that said some districts, and
intermediate units that oversee them, borrowed more than $340 million. “Our
students have returned to their schools, but much-needed state funding is
stalled by the budget impasse in Harrisburg ,” DePasquale said in the prepared statement. “It’s causing
financial insecurity in schools across Pennsylvania
and already forcing some to borrow money. Instead of focusing on education,
schools across the state are having meetings to try and figure out how to get
by every month, and shopping banks for loans that will hopefully allow them to
keep the lights on.” Philipsburg-Osceola
Area School District finance director Michael Conte said the district
made a commitment for a $4.4 million loan from M&T
Bank. The deal was made in August, he said.
“We haven’t actually borrowed money yet, but already made the commitment
to the loan,” Conte said. “We’re missing about $3 million from state
subsidies.”
Conte
said the district is dipping into other fund balances to make up for “budget
shortfalls,” and added that the district doesn’t anticipate using the loan
until the end of the year.
"That means the Commonwealth Court Pennsylvania
Peter Hall Of The Morning Call September 30, 2015
Pa.
Supreme Court's dismissal of BASD appeal could make it easier for charter
schools to grow. Bethlehem Area School District 's fight to keep a charter school from
opening a second building is over, but the legal precedent the case leaves
behind means charters across Pennsylvania
could have an easier time expanding. The
state Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the school district's challenge of a
lower court's ruling that the school board and the state Charter School Appeal
Board were wrong to block Lehigh
Valley Dual
Language Charter
School
By Eric Devlin, The Mercury POSTED: 09/30/15, 6:20 PM EDT | UPDATED: 2
HRS AGO
Boyertown>>
Boyertown Area School District announced Wednesday it will recommend
approving a resolution certifying that the district will stay within the state
inflation index for next year’s budget. This
resolution, if approved by the school board at the Oct. 13 meeting,
will ensure any property tax-hike for the district for the 2016-17 fiscal year
will stay at or below this adjusted inflation index, according to a press
release. “This will continue to keep the
tax rate for residents in the Boyertown
Area School
District Reading School District
PSSA test
numbers way down, as expected
Bucks County Intelligencer By Gary Weckselblatt,
staff writer
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 7:15 pm
If they
haven't already, many parents are about to receive in their mailbox their
child's scores on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. Attached to their grades is a letter from
state Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera. Make sure you read it first. It
might prevent the onset of a headache. The
state on Tuesday officially released the numbers from the PSSAs from last
spring. If your child's score fell to 35 percent in math or 9 percent in
reading, take heart, that's the state average.
"What I hope parents will realize and take into consideration is
that this is a new test," Central Bucks Superintendent David Weitzel
said. "They are much more comprehensive and challenging. It appears the
tests are the issue now, not whether our students are learning or our teachers
are teaching."
PSSA results are in for Lancaster County
School
leaders have known since July that student scores on the state's standardized tests dropped
sharply this year. Now those leaders and the public can see exactly
how their schools fared. The state
Department of Education this morning released school and state level results from the Pennsylvania System of
School Assessment. PSSAs in math and
language arts are taken by students in grades 3 to 8. Science PSSAs are taken
by students in grades 4 and 8. Average scores for Lancaster County
The Data Are Damning: How Race
Influences School
Research shows that in Pennsylvania
The Atlantic by GILLIAN B. WHITE September 30, 2015
PSBA launches an alumni
network
Are you a former school director or in your final term? Stay connected through the PSBA Alumni Network. Your interest in public education continues beyond your term of service as a school director. And as a PSBA alumnus, you have years of experience and insight into the workings of public education and school boards. Legislators value your opinions as a former elected official. Take that knowledge and put it to work as a member of the PSBA Alumni Network.
For a nominal yearly fee of $25 a year or $100 for a lifetime membership, you will receive:
Are you a former school director or in your final term? Stay connected through the PSBA Alumni Network. Your interest in public education continues beyond your term of service as a school director. And as a PSBA alumnus, you have years of experience and insight into the workings of public education and school boards. Legislators value your opinions as a former elected official. Take that knowledge and put it to work as a member of the PSBA Alumni Network.
For a nominal yearly fee of $25 a year or $100 for a lifetime membership, you will receive:
- Electronic access to the PSBA
Bulletin, the leading public education magazine in Pennsylvania
- Access to legislative information
pertaining to public education and periodic updates via email.
To join, complete
the registration below. For more details or questions, contact Member
Engagement Director Karen Devine at Karen.devine@psba.org or (800)
932-0588, ext. 3322.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT: School Play is going on tour! Click below for more
information about tour dates in your county. All performances are FREE!
School
Play, a documentary-based live theatre piece, is here to put school funding
center stage. Compiled from a series of interviews, the play premiered in
Philadelphia in April, 2015 and is now available for free for
performances around the Commonwealth.
"This will be an opportunity for the
community to discuss its collective aspirations for our next
superintendent. We hope you'll join us for an evening of learning and discussion
about how we as a community can support our Board in its search for our schools
next leader."
Getting a Great
Superintendent
Pittsburgh, PA Wednesday, October 7, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
A+ Schools and its partners are hosting a community discussion
about innovative talent search models that have attracted high quality
leadership to key roles in the City of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Public
Schools. Come hear from Valerie Dixon, Executive Director and Founder of
the PACT Initiative, Leigh Halverson, Strategic Project Advisor to the
President, Heinz Endowments, Patrick Dowd, former school board member and
Executive Director of Allies for Children, Robert Cavalier, Director, Program
for Deliberative Democracy at Carnegie Mellon University, and Alex Matthews,
former school board member discuss the key lessons they've learned from being
part of selection processes for key leaders in our City.
The John Stoops Lecture
Series: Dr. Pasi Sahlberg "Education Around the World: Past, Present &
Future" Lehigh University October 8, 2015 6:00 p.m.
Baker Hall |Zoellner Arts
Center | 420 E. Packer Avenue | Bethlehem , PA 18015
Baker Hall |
Free and open to the
public! Ticketing is general admission -
no preseating will be assigned. Arrive early for the best seats. Please plan to stay post-lecture for an open
reception where you will have an opportunity to meet with students from all of
our programs to learn about the latest innovations in education and human
services.
School Leadership Conference
online registration closes Sept. 25
Register Now for PASA-PSBA
School Leadership Conference Oct. 14-16, 2015 Hershey Lodge & Convention
Center
Save the date for the
professional development event of the year. Be inspired at more than four
exciting venues and invest in professional development for top administrators
and school board members. Online registration is live at:
Register Now – PAESSP
State Conference – Oct. 18-20 – State College, PA
Registration is now
open for PAESSP's State Conference to be held October 18-20 at The
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, PA! This year's
theme is @EVERYLEADER and features three nationally-known keynote
speakers (Dr. James Stronge, Justin Baeder and Dr. Mike Schmoker), professional
breakout sessions, a legal update, exhibits, Tech Learning Labs and many
opportunities to network with your colleagues (Monday evening event with Jay
Paterno). Once again, in conjunction
with its conference, PAESSP will offer two 30-hour Act 45 PIL-approved
programs, Linking Student Learning to Teacher Supervision and Evaluation
(pre-conference offering on 10/17/15); and Improving Student Learning
Through Research-Based Practices: The Power of an Effective Principal (held
during the conference, 10/18/15 -10/20/15). Register for either or both PIL
programs when you register for the Full Conference!
REGISTER TODAY for
the Conference and Act 45 PIL program/s at:
Registration is open for the 19th Annual
Eastern Pennsylvania Special Education Administrators’ Conference
on October 21-23rd in Hershey.
Educators in the
field of special education from public, charter and nonpublic schools are
invited to attend. The conference offers rich professional development
sessions and exceptional networking opportunities. Keynote speakers are
Shane Burcaw and Jodee Blanco. Register at https://www.paiu.org/epaseac/conf_registration.php
Register Now for the Fifth
Annual Arts and Education Symposium Oct. 29th Harrisburg
Thursday, October
29, 2015 Radisson Hotel Harrisburg Convention Center 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Act
48 Credit is available. The event will be a daylong convening of arts education
policy leaders and practitioners for lively discussions about important policy
issues and the latest news from the field. The symposium is hosted by EPLC and
the Pennsylvania Arts Education Network, and supported by a generous grant from
The Heinz Endowments.
Register now for the
2015 PASCD 65th Annual Conference, Leading and Achieving in an Interconnected World, to be
held November 15-17, 2015 at Pittsburgh Monroeville Convention
Center.
The Conference will Feature
Keynote Speakers: Meenoo Rami – Teacher and Author “Thrive: 5 Ways to
(Re)Invigorate Your Teaching,” Mr. Pedro Rivera, Pennsylvania Secretary
of Education, Heidi Hayes-Jacobs – Founder and President of Curriculum Design,
Inc. and David Griffith – ASCD Senior Director of Public Policy. This
annual conference features small group sessions focused on: Curriculum and
Supervision, Personalized and Individualized Learning, Innovation, and Blended
and Online Learning. The PASCD Conference is a great opportunity to
stay connected to the latest approaches for innovative change in your school or
district. Join us forPASCD 2015! Online registration is
available by visiting www.pascd.org
<http://www.pascd.org/>
Interested in letting our
elected leadership know your thoughts on education funding, a severance tax,
property taxes and the budget?
Governor Tom Wolf,
(717) 787-2500
Speaker of the
House Rep. Mike Turzai, (717) 772-9943
House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed, (717) 705-7173
Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Joe Scarnati, (717) 787-7084
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377
House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed, (717) 705-7173
Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Joe Scarnati, (717) 787-7084
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377
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