Tuesday, June 18, 2019

PA Ed Policy Roundup June 18: 'inadequate, inequitable and unconstitutional'


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Lawsuit continues: Attorney visits Johnstown, calls state school funding 'inadequate, inequitable and unconstitutional'
Johnstown Tribune Democrat By Ronald Fisher rfisher@tribdem.com June 18, 2019
A discussion surrounding the topic of fair education funding was publicly held on Monday at the Greater Johnstown School District Administration Building on Broad Street. Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, staff attorney for The Public Interest Law Center in Philadelphia, served as the event’s speaker. He referred to the education funding in Pennsylvania as “inadequate, inequitable and unconstitutional.” “There is no goal of fully funding schools,” said Urevick-Ackelsberg during his presentation. “For some of these school districts it’s about ‘What can we afford to do this year?’ It’s not ‘What do our kids need this year?’ “This is is not a Johnstown problem. This is not a Philadelphia problem,” he said. “This is a Pennsylvania problem.” Greater Johnstown is one of six schools districts that have brought a lawsuit against the state for failing to give districts all the resources needed for their students.  The lawsuit was originally filed in November 2014, and has since been kicked back and forth between the state Commonwealth Court and the state Supreme Court. The Public Interest Law Center represents the plaintiffs, which include the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference and six school districts: Greater Johnstown, William Penn, Panther Valley, Lancaster, Wilkes-Barre Area and Shenandoah Valley.

Lawmakers, Wolf need to fix Pennsylvania’s charter school funding imbalance | Opinion
By Jay Himes  Capital-Star Op-Ed Contributor June 18, 2019
Jay Himes is the executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently passed a package of charter school reform bills without considering amendments addressing the most important charter school reform issue—funding. While debate heated up between supporters and opponents of the bills, no matter what side of the issue you’re on, we can all agree that all students need access to a high quality education. Our concerns are not whether charter schools are good or bad. Instead, our concern is how current state policy funds charter schools and the financial impact that current policy has on all of our school districts, taxpayers and students. The entire burden of funding charter schools falls on school districts and local taxpayers. Last year, 37 cents of every additional dollar raised in property taxes went to pay the increasing cost of charter school tuition, which grew by  10 percent. If the Legislature fails to recognize and resolve the impact of mandated charter school costs on school districts and taxpayers, public education funding will become even more serious a problem down the road. In fact, for school districts across the state, this problem has already started and is forcing them into real fiscal distress.

Guest Column: Where Pa. needs to put more money in education
Delco Times Opinion By Lawrence Feinberg Times Guest Columnist June 17, 2019
Lawrence A Feinberg is an elected member of the Haverford School Board.
With the Legislature’s recent passage, and Gov. Tom Wolf’s looming veto, of a bill that nearly doubles tax credits for private and religious school by 90 percent, it struck me that there might be value in revisiting our Pennsylvania constitution for some context.
Article III, Section 14 of the state’s foundational document reads like this: “The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public education to serve the needs of the Commonwealth.”
Then there’s Article III, Section 15: “No money raised for the support of the public schools of the Commonwealth shall be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian school.”
And, for good measure, Article VI, Section 3: “Senators, Representatives and all judicial, State and county officers shall, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation before a person authorized to administer oaths. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity.”
Using the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s own Basic Education Funding Formula, it is estimated that 52 percent of our public school students are attending school districts that are underfunded. That’s more than 893,000 students on a “waiting list” – waiting for the Legislature to fund that formula and fulfill its constitutional obligation to “provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public education”.

State Sen. Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, has been a proponent of school choice proposals, but said he couldn’t support this (HB800) legislation. The state’s existing Educational Improvement Tax Credits were intended to help “lift children out of poverty,” Williams said. Changing the income levels to benefit children from more well-off families is intolerable, he said.
“$95,000 is an insult,” Williams said on the Senate floor.
Tax credit expansion heads to Gov. Wolf
Sunbury Daily Item By John Finnerty jfinnerty@cnhi.com Jun 12, 2019
HARRISBURG – A tax credit program benefiting donors who give toward scholarships for private school tuition would be boosted by $100 million under legislation heading to Gov. Tom Wolf.
The change would almost double the amount of tax credits available through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit – from $110 million to $210 million. The state Senate approved the measure by a 28-21 straight party vote Tuesday with all of the chamber’s Republicans supporting the measure and all the Democrats opposing it. Gov. Tom Wolf has not indicated whether he will sign it, but he made clear in comments to reporters Tuesday morning that he is skeptical of the plan, including a provision within it that provides automatic increases in the amount designated for Educational Improvement Tax Credits each year.
“I have done everything in my power and I’ve worked across the aisle to get more money for public education,” Wolf said.  “This seems to me, again, I’ll take a look at it, this seems to me to be at odds with that need of a government and a democracy like ours to support broad-based, accessible, public education.” Republican supporters of the plan, including Senate Majority Leader Jacob Corman, R-Centre, said the proposal is intended to make school choice more affordable to more people. “I choose to send my kids to public school,” Corman said.  “But we don’t have just one option in Pennsylvania.” Corman said that if the automatic increases prove to be a problem, lawmakers can also change the law in future years to get rid of it. The legislation increases the maximum annual household income for scholarship recipients from $85,000 to $95,000. Democrats in the Senate pointed at the proposed automatic increases along with the higher income eligibility limit in refusing to support the plan.

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey wades into fight over $100M in business tax breaks for private schools in Pennsylvania
Morning Call By MARC LEVY | ASSOCIATED PRESS | JUN 17, 2019 | 6:40 PM
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey waded into a budget fight in Pennsylvania on Monday over substantially expanding state taxpayer support for private and religious schools that is stoking pushback from public school advocates. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to veto the measure, but Toomey, a Republican, wrote to the governor to urge him to sign it and make the case for nearly doubling a tax credit program, increasing it by $100 million to $210 million a year. Approximately 40,000 children are on a waiting list for the taxpayer-funded scholarship aid to help pay their tuition, Toomey wrote. “The educational futures of Pennsylvania children should not be jeopardized by political games or partisan politics,” Toomey wrote. “I urge you to sign this legislation.” Under the 18-year-old Educational Improvement Tax Credit program, corporations and business people can effectively direct tens of millions in tax dollars to favored private and religious schools. The existing $110 million program subsidizes those donations with a tax credit of up to 90%, meaning a donation of $100,000 may cost the donor $10,000.

Paul Muschick on state budget: Gov. Wolf should use new bargaining chip to get severance tax
By PAUL MUSCHICK | THE MORNING CALL | JUN 17, 2019 | 7:00 AM
State budget negotiations are wrapping up, and stubborn lawmakers still are refusing to consider sensible proposals that would help taxpayers. Here’s an idea to get their attention. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has been unable to convince the Republican-controlled Legislature to impose a severance tax on natural gas drillers or to force municipalities to pay for state police coverage. He was handed a bargaining chip recently — and he should hold on to it down the homestretch to make a deal. Republican lawmakers want Wolf to sign legislation to nearly double a tax credit program that funds scholarships to private and religious schools. The Education Improvement Tax Credit would be raised from $110 million to $210 million annually, with the potential for the cap to rise even more in future years. Businesses get tax credits when they donate for the scholarships. The result is that tax money gets diverted to fund private education. Wolf rightfully rejects the idea. He said last week he would veto the legislation, House Bill 800, which passed the state House and Senate but not by veto-proof margins. “This seems to me to be at odds with that need of a government and a democracy like ours to support broad-based, accessible, public education,” Wolf told reporters.

EITC should be expanded to help more PA kids get the education they need to succeed | PennLive Editorial
By PennLive Editorial Board Updated Jun 17, 8:43 PM; Posted Jun 17, 5:48 PM
We’re about putting kids first. Anything that will make it easier for parents to put their kids in the rights schools for their particular needs is worthy of support. The bill now awaiting Gov. Tom Wolf’s signature would increase funding for the EITC program, which provides tax incentives to businesses to support scholarships in private schools. EITC has proven to be a popular and effective way to encourage businesses to support education and to provide scholarships for needy students in private institutions. The theory is good . . . as many children need special accommodations and nurturing that may not be easily available in their assigned neighborhood public schools. It is true, EITC allows parents to opt out of public education and choose whatever works best for their children and for their pocketbooks. But this is America, and we are all about freedom and choice. If the public schools are broken, don’t work, or the family simply needs something different, they should be able to choose where their kids go to school. And the tax dollars allocated to their education should follow them.

Pennsylvania has 500 school districts. What’s stopping consolidations?
PA Capital Star By  Elizabeth Hardison June 18, 2019
Former state Sen. John Wozniak hasn’t served in the General Assembly since 2016. But lawmakers still borrow a trademark phrase from the Cambria County Democrat, who was a longtime proponent of school district consolidation. “I know how to kill a werewolf. I know how to kill a vampire. But I don’t know how to kill a school mascot,” Wozniak used to say. The difficulty of school district consolidation was the topic of a bipartisan hearing Monday held by the Senate’s Majority and Minority Policy committees, where senators and education experts discussed the possibility of reducing the number of public school districts across the state. Legislatures in Maine and Arkansas have tried to force district consolidations in recent years. But the discussion in Pennsylvania’s Capitol on Monday doesn’t mean the same thing is on the way in the Keystone State, said Minority Chairwoman Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-Northampton. “We recognize this is a very complicated, difficult issue, but we must cross this bridge at least to find out if there is a better way to do this,” Boscola said. “This is merely a discussion aimed at identifying, clarifying, and understanding the advantages and disadvantages and challenges that come with school consolidation.”

SB200: Sappey's trauma-informed education bill advances
Pottstown Mercury by MediaNews Group Jun 17, 2019 Updated 14 hrs ago
WEST CHESTER—Legislation that state Reps. Christina Sappey, D-Chester, and prime co-sponsor Ryan Mackenzie, R-Lehigh/Berks, introduced with state Sens. Vincent Hughes, D-Philadelphia/Montgomery, and Patrick Browne, R-Lehigh, would implement trauma-informed approaches to education. These initiatives have received overwhelming support from both parties, as well as state and national organizations. Both bills would instill trauma-informed focused policies, procedures and practices inside the classroom, such as requiring teachers and staff in schools to receive training on recognizing the signs of childhood trauma and methods on helping these students overcome obstacles they face in school. S.B. 200 unanimously passed the Senate Education and Appropriations committees on June 12 and is positioned to move to the full Senate next week, followed by the House Education Committee before the legislature adjourns for the summer. “I’m glad to see there’s bipartisan support for this important legislation from both chambers. We have a real opportunity to change lives, and it’s entirely possible to begin immediately,” Sappey said. “We need empathetic, trauma-informed approaches in our schools to ensure every student has a chance to succeed, regardless of adverse childhood experiences.”

Ortitay proposes change in disbursement of school safety money
Observer-Reporter Jun 15, 2019
State Rep. Jason Ortitay, R-Cecil, has introduced legislation to change the way funds allocated under the $60 million school safety and security block grant program are disbursed. The program, created as part of Act 44 of 2018, a comprehensive school safety law, gave each school district that applied $25,000 for safety initiatives, including school safety assessments, security equipment, training, and hiring school resource officers. The remaining portion of the money was awarded through competitive grants by the School Safety and Security Committee within the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. “As a member of the School Safety and Security Committee, I saw firsthand the flaws of awarding part of this funding through a competitive application process,” Ortitay said. “Larger and more affluent school districts had resources to create better applications. School districts should not be competing against each other for this type of money. In addition, it is the General Assembly’s responsibility to decide where funding should be allocated. My legislation is a much fairer way to disburse the money so that it will benefit the most people.”House Bill 1631 would allocate $25,000 to every school district, career and technical school, intermediate unit, private residential rehabilitative institution and brick-and-mortar charter school. To receive the money, a school entity would complete a Pennsylvania Department of Education-created application requesting funding to address safety and security in one of 22 categories outlined in the bill. After the $25,000 is disbursed, additional money available would be awarded to public school districts based upon a formula that considers a number of factors including average daily attendance. In addition, the program would still include $10 million for grants to community violence prevention programs.
The legislation was referred to the House Education Committee for its consideration.

‘Capable of Greatness’
As Strawberry Mansion works to reinvent itself, its students show they’re strong enough to beat the odds.
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Updated: June 18, 2019- 5:00 AM
At first, that May Friday felt like a magic night, all dim lights and loud thumping bass in a South Philadelphia ballroom, the high school seniors transformed in their floor-sweeping dresses and stylish suits. When Nykia McClendon arrived at Strawberry Mansion High School’s prom, strong and shining in a gold gown, the energy shifted. People crowded around the teenager, hugging her wordlessly. A treasured rite of passage became, for a few moments, a vigil. Less than 24 hours before, McClendon’s mother had been gunned down, caught in a deadly crossfire while she walked home from a Chinese restaurant in their North Philadelphia neighborhood, carrying takeout for her granddaughter. No one was arrested. Deborra “Tashawn” McClendon had been counting the days until her daughter’s prom. Nykia and her family decided she should still attend.
At Mansion, the staff and students who were close to Nykia and her sister Michelle, a sophomore, felt lost as they tried to support the sisters. It was an unsettling day. “No one knows whether to be happy or sad,” said Ameera Sullivan, Mansion’s counselor. The shooting and its aftermath reflected Mansion’s tough realities. Unlike any in Philadelphia, the high school has been fighting not just to survive but to reinvent itself, to somehow be an educational refuge in a neighborhood that logs more homicides than any other in the city.

“The biggest cost-drivers come as little surprise. The largest increase is in salaries – $4.6 million more than last year. PSERS – or pension payments – check in at about $37.4 million, which is an increase of roughly 7.1% from 2018-2019's budget. The third largest increase is in charter school payments, which will cost BASD about $30.75 million in the new budget, which is $992,747 more than last year or a 3.3% hike. These two items alone constitute $68.1 million in spending and is an increase from the current budget of about $1.2 million.”
BASD approves budget without tax increase for the first time in years
WFMZ By:  Stephen Althouse  Posted: Jun 17, 2019 09:48 PM EDT
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Bethlehem Area School District's final 2019-2020 budget was approved by directors during a special meeting Monday night at the administration building. The budget contains no tax increases on property owners. The vote was 7-1 with Director Eugene McKeon dissenting. The news should be received well by taxpayers who have been saddled with tax increases each of the last 20 plus years. Last year's budget, for example, included a 2.5% tax increase. The $291.2 million spending plan did contain a $1.6 million shortfall, but administrators opted to use fund balance capital to close the gap instead of seeking more money from property owners. The spending plan represents a 3.5% growth in overall district spending compared to last year – $291.2 to $281.3 million. "The primary costs drivers impacting the deficit include several high-dollar mandated costs or programs," according to BASD documents accompanying the bill. "… The impact of the these few areas presents a very difficult challenge in maintaining a fiscally conservative operational approach, while still providing exciting, creating and inspiriting educational opportunities for our students."

Judge moves to put Harrisburg City School District under state control
PA Capital Star By  Elizabeth Hardison June 17, 2019
A Dauphin County judge announced Monday morning that he would appoint a receiver to take control of the Harrisburg City School District, effectively putting the troubled school system under state control. Judge William Tully is expected to sign the order appointing a receiver on Monday. He announced his decision after a brief hearing in his chambers on Monday morning, when district solicitor James Ellison said he would not contest the petition brought by Department of Education Secretary Pedro Rivera, PennLive reports. Ellison’s announcement came as a surprise twist in the district’s legal strategy. Late last week, he filed a response denying all charges that Rivera brought in his petition, namely that the district had failed to comply with the long-term recovery plan it adopted jointly with the state in 2013.

Judge’s order makes it official: Harrisburg schools lose local control for 3 years
By Christine Vendel | cvendel@pennlive.com Updated Jun 17, 5:52 PM; Posted Jun 17, 5:42 PM
Starting immediately, and for the next three years, a receiver will run the Harrisburg School District, according to Judge William T. Tully’s official written order filed late Monday. Tully granted the state’s petition to appoint a receiver Monday morning in a hearing that was cut short after the school district withdrew its opposition. School Solicitor James Ellison indicated in a response last week that he intended to fight the petition by trying to force the judge to “transfer all students to schools under external management,” if the judge granted receivership. But he withdrew that fiery response Monday and the hearing was over in a few minutes instead of stretching into two days as originally planned. The judge filed a written order late Monday afternoon outlining how the district had failed to improve academic performance, student absenteeism and graduation rates as expected in the district’s recovery plan. He also confirmed that Janet Samuels, the former chief recovery officer for the district, would become the receiver.

 “School Board President Rachel Mitchell on June 5 went to Harrisburg to advocate for more funding for the district. Depending on the source, the district is underfunded by $15 to $19 million.”
Upper Darby to weigh tax increase for final school budget
UPPER DARBY — The Upper Darby School Board will have its options as to how much to raise taxes for the 2019-20 school year before it votes on a final budget Tuesday night. The board will hear the financial implications of raising taxes 1.9 or 2.3 percent, including how much of the fund balance will be used to further supplement the budget, during its finance and operations committee meeting Tuesday night. These tax increase options were suggested by a number of board members at their June 4 regular business meeting. A proposed final budget was adopted last month with a 3 percent tax increase that would generate another $3 million in additional property tax revenue for the $213.1 million budget. Over $5.5 million in fund balance was assigned to balance that proposed final budget. More fund balance is expected to be used if the tax increase drops below 3 percent. The district is looking at an over $8 million shortfall in its budget. What isn’t shifting just yet is the amount of basic and special education funding from the state. Chief Financial Officer Patrick Grant said Monday those funding streams have not changed, but the state has not passed a budget yet. The amount the state sends to the district (for the better) will not be known as the General Assembly continues to work on a $34 billion budget.

No program or staffing cuts, slight tax increase in Riverview School District budget
Trib Live by MICHAEL DIVITTORIO   | Monday, June 17, 2019 10:55 p.m.
Oakmont and Verona property owners will pay a little more in real estate taxes next year to help keep Riverview School District programs status quo. Board members voted 5-3 Monday night to adopt their 2019-20 budget and tax ordinance. Next school year’s millage rate was set at 23.2719 mills, a jump of 0.2646-mill or about 1.16 percent. A property owner with the average assessed value of $167,000 would pay about $49 more in taxes next year. District Business Manager Tammy Good said the rate hike is projected to net about $160,000 in additional revenue for Riverview. Revenues were projected around $23.8 million and expenses at $24.4 million, which includes a $600,000 transfer to the capital reserve fund for building and maintenance projects. Budget documents also indicate $130,000 will be pulled from budgetary reserve, and an administrative position will be lost through attrition.

Allegheny Valley passes 2019-20 budget with no tax increase
Trib Live by EMILY BALSER   | Monday, June 17, 2019 9:09 p.m.
The Allegheny Valley School Board on Monday approved the district’s $23 million final budget for next school year without a tax increase. The tax rate will remain the same at 20.8377 mills. The average homeowner will continue to pay about $1,530 in Springdale Township, $1,682 in Springdale Borough, $1,905 in Harmar and $2,163 in Cheswick. The budget was approved in an 8-0 vote. Board member Shawn Whelan was absent. District officials previously said expenses increased by about 1%, mostly due to pension contributions. The district also approved the 2019 homestead and farmstead exclusion, which reduces property taxes for qualified properties by about $135.


How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement
Documents obtained by ProPublica show that the Walton foundation, a staunch supporter of school choice and Teach for America’s largest private funder, was paying $4,000 for every teacher placed in a traditional public school — and $6,000 for every one placed in a charter school.
ProPublica by Annie Waldman  June 18, 5 a.m. EDT
When the Walton Family Foundation announced in 2013 that it was donating $20 million to Teach For America to recruit and train nearly 4,000 teachers for low-income schools, its press release did not reveal the unusual terms for the grant. Documents obtained by ProPublica show that the foundation, a staunch supporterof school choice and Teach For America’s largest private funder, was paying $4,000 for every teacher placed in a traditional public school — and $6,000 for every one placed in a charter school. The two-year grant was directed at nine cities where charter schools were sprouting up, including New Orleans; Memphis, Tennessee; and Los Angeles. The gift’s purpose was far removed from Teach For America’s original mission of alleviating teacher shortages in traditional public schools. It was intended to “generate a longer-term leadership pipeline that advances the education movement, providing a source of talent for policy, advocacy and politics, as well as quality schools and new entrepreneurial ventures,” according to internal grant documents. The incentives corresponded to a shift in Teach For America’s direction. Although only 7% of students go to charter schools, Teach For America sent almost 40% of its 6,736 teachers to them in 2018 — up from 34% in 2015 and 13% in 2008. In some large cities, charter schools employ the majority of TFA teachers: 54% in Houston, 58% in San Antonio and at least 70% in Los Angeles.

Charter Schools Will Always Waste Money Because They Duplicate Services
Gadfly on the Wall Blog by Steven Singer June 15, 2019 
You can’t save money buying more of what you already have.
Constructing two fire departments serving the same community will never be as cheap as having one. Empowering two police departments to patrol the same neighborhoods will never be as economical as one. Building two roads parallel to each other that go to exactly the same places will never be as cost effective as one. This isn’t exactly rocket science. In fact, it’s an axiom of efficiency and sound financial planning. It’s more practical and productive to create one robust service instead of two redundant ones. However, when it comes to education, a lot of so-called fiscal conservatives will try to convince us that we should erect two separate school systems – a public one and a privatized one. The duplicate may be a voucher system where we use public tax dollars to fund private and parochial schools. It may be charter schools where public money is used to finance systems run by private organizations. Or it may be some combination of the two.


The deadline to submit a cover letter, resume and application is July 19, 2019.
Become a 2019-2020 PSBA Advocacy Ambassador
PSBA is seeking applications for two open Advocacy Ambassador positions. Candidates should have experience in day-to-day functions of a school district, on the school board, or in a school leadership position. The purpose of the PSBA Advocacy Ambassador program is to facilitate the education and engagement of local school directors and public education stakeholders through the advocacy leadership of the ambassadors. Each Advocacy Ambassador will be responsible for assisting PSBA in achieving its advocacy goals. To achieve their mission, ambassadors will be kept up to date on current legislation and PSBA positions on legislation. The current open positions will cover PSBA Sections 3 and 4, and Section 7.
PSBA Advocacy Ambassadors are independent contractors representing PSBA and serve as liaisons between PSBA and their local elected officials. Advocacy Ambassadors also commit to building strong relationships with PSBA members with the purpose of engaging the designated members to be active and committed grassroots advocates for PSBA’s legislative priorities. 

PSBA: Nominations for The Allwein Society are open!
This award program recognizes school directors who are outstanding leaders & advocates on behalf of public schools & students. Nominations are accepted year-round with selections announced early fall: http://ow.ly/CchG50uDoxq 

EPLC is accepting applications for the 2019-20 PA Education Policy Fellowship Program
Education Policy & Leadership Center
PA's premier education policy leadership program for education, policy & community leaders with 582 alumni since 1999. Application with program schedule & agenda are at http://www.eplc.org 

PA League of Women Voters 2019 Convention Registration
Crowne Plaza in Reading June 21-23, 2019
DEADLINES
May 22, 2019 – Deadline to get special room rates at Crowne Plaza Hotel 
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May 31, 2019 – Deadline to register as a delegate for the Convention
June 7, 2019 – Deadline to register for the Convention

2019 PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference Oct. 16-18, 2019
WHERE: Hershey Lodge and Convention Center 325 University Drive, Hershey, PA
WHEN: Wednesday, October 16 to Friday, October 18, 201
Registration is now open!
Growth from knowledge acquired. Vision inspired by innovation. Impact created by a synergized leadership community. You are called upon to be the drivers of a thriving public education system. It’s a complex and challenging role. Expand your skillset and give yourself the tools needed for the challenge. Packed into two and a half daysꟷꟷgain access to top-notch education and insights, dynamic speakers, peer learning opportunities and the latest product and service innovations. Come to the PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference to grow!

NPE Action National Conference - Save the Date - March 28-29, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA.
The window is now open for workshop proposals for the Network for Public Education conference, March 28-29, 2020, in Philadelphia. I hope you all sign on to present on a panel and certainly we want all to attend. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NBCNDKK

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