Sentences with phrase «basic education funding»

The recently concluded state budget provided a $ 200 million increase in basic education funding for the 2015 - 16 school year.

The commission determined that allocation of basic education funding needs to allow for accountability, transparency and predictability.

As a result of his advocacy, this budget provides an additional $ 200 million in basic education funding.

The bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission did great work putting together a funding formula.

The Fiscal Code contains language that distributes new state funding for schools through the bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission's (BEFC) funding formula and brings to an end the era of powerful lawmakers cutting backroom deals to dole out new funding to schools.

Potential ESAs would be equivalent to the state Quality Basic Education funds that would have been spent per student in public school, projected to be worth an estimated $ 4,500.

Under the current funding system the per - pupil amount of state funding ranges from less than $ 500 in basic education funding per average daily membership to more than $ 12,000, while the state average is $ 3,200.

Allocate money to Basic Education Funding instead of the Ready to Learn Block Grant program.

Pennsylvania did a good thing when it adopted the bi-partisan Basic Education Funding Commission's (BEFC's) fair funding formula for sending new state funding to school districts.

State data shows that the state is not even distributing current Basic Education Funding fairly to Philadelphia.

EPLC President Ron Cowell Provides Testimony Basic Education Funding Commission on K - 12 school funding issues — September 30, 2014 — with special emphasis on issues important to Pennsylvania's rural school districts, and the students they serve

PASA / PASBO Basic Education Funding Commission School Finance Briefing Presentation — August 20, 2014 --(aka «Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About PA Education Funding, But Were Afraid to Ask»)

Governor Wolf's proposed increase of $ 100 million in Basic Education Funding in the 2017 - 2018 budget is a step in the right direction.

In addition to the $ 410 million, the report also demands that state lawmakers implement the new fair funding formula that was adopted by the state's Basic Education Funding Commission.

«We keep forgetting the basic education funding formula is what is really messed up,» Winters said.

Philadelphia students make up 10 percent of Pennsylvania's public school children, yet they receive about 20 percent of the state's basic education funding.

Legislation that would make the basic education funding formula permanent has just been approved with overwhelming support.

Education Voters supports putting the increases from Governor Corbett's proposed block grant funding into the Basic Education Funding line.

In 2015, the Basic Education Funding Commission recommended that the General Assembly adopt a formula for distributing state funding for basic education to Pennsylvania's 500 school districts.

Lawmakers must support Governor Wolf's proposed $ 100M increase for Basic Education Funding, $ 25M increase for Special Education funding, and $ 75M increase for early childhood education programs.

Tell your lawmakers to ensure that the budget deal includes $ 410 million for schools and adopts the Basic Education Funding Commission's formula.

Thanks to your advocacy, the legislature created the Basic Education Funding Commission, and a real proposal -LSB-...]

Basic Education Funding: A key issue is that the «Basic Education Funding (BEF)» line did not receive any increase at all.

, the General Assembly's budget retained Governor Wolf's proposed $ 100 million increase in Basic Education Funding and $ 25 million increase in Special Education Funding.

Governor Wolf's proposed increases of $ 100 million in Basic Education Funding, $ 25 million in Special Education Funding, and $ 75 million in high quality early childhood education are welcome new investments in Pennsylvania's children.