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. That means the young and upwardly mobile — the middle-class taxpayers who would fund schools and government — are leaving.
Passed in 2012, a Pennsylvania law provides a way out for students who attend a school that isn’t meeting their needs. The law authorizes school boards to provide scholarships using state funds for students in the district toOf course, this solution relies on school boards and administrators putting the needs of the students over their own.
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