Surrounded by dozens of teachers-union officials on the steps of the Pennsylvania state Capitol this month, Democratic state Sen. Lindsey Williams excoriated a proposed K-12 education-voucher progr…
Surrounded by dozens of teachers-union officials on the steps of the Pennsylvania state Capitol this month, Democratic state Sen. Lindsey Williams excoriated a proposed K-12 education-voucher program.Surrounded by dozens of teachers-union officials on the steps of the Pennsylvania state Capitol this month, Democratic state Sen. Lindsey Williams
Democrats present three primary arguments for this massive transfer of Pennsylvanians’ wealth to the education bureaucracy: Public schools are chronically underfunded, their proposal will alleviate the high property taxes afflicting many Pennsylvania communities, and a 2023 court case legally mandated their proposal.The next day, a group of black religious leaders gathered in the state Capitol to tell Gov.
So not only will the high property-tax rates Bradford decried likely remain or even increase, but this exorbitant state education budget would also quicken the already-draining state budget surplus, likely necessitating state-level tax hikes.While the court did rule the property-tax funding scheme violates the Constitution by creating an unequal “opportunity to learn” for some students based on location, the judge remained conspicuously vague on solutions.
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