Senate republicans passed a placeholder budget bill on aug. · lawmakers have to overhaul pennsylvania ’ s funding system for basic education , following a judge last year ruling that the status quo is unconstitutionally inequitable. · harrisburg — top republican lawmakers who can make or break a budget deal appear skeptical about sending roughly half a billion dollars to some pennsylvania school districts this year as part of an effort to close the “adequacy gap. ” 12 that could have allowed money to start flowing to schools, but it was a nonstarter for house democrats. A $6 billion plan to reform pennsylvania ’s public education funding system passed the state house in a bipartisan 107-94 vote monday amid growing debate over a proposal to expand the amount of public money available to pay for private school tuition. Pennsylvania ’s public schools are set to receive $665 million in new money under a state budget deal passed by harrisburg lawmakers wednesday after a monthslong delay. The commonwealth is also flush with cash, with $14 billion in reserves that have continued to grow this year. · the largest teachers’ union in pennsylvania slammed state lawmakers over a budget impasse that they say has delayed more than $1. 75 billion in subsidies for public schools. · fair public education funding has been distinctly top of mind for legislators, activists and school leaders in recent years because of a 2023 commonwealth court ruling that deemed pennsylvania ’s school funding system unconstitutional.

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