Daily News | Pa. Democrats propose $3 billion school funding surge as ‘down payment’ in wake of court ruling
Supporters of a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's school funding rally on the steps of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg on the first day of trial in November 2021.Democratic lawmakers, joined by Philadelphia school officials and attorneys who recently won a historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding as inadequate and discriminatory, called Thursday for a surge in spending to start fixing the broken system.
The budget proposal from state Sen. Vincent Hughes, a Democrat representing parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties who has long pushed for school funding increases, would add $3.
Hughes’ plan doesn’t change that structure, but would send another $750 million through the formula. And it would give another $400 million to 100 of the state’s highest-need districts — continuing the so-called “Level Up” program that has accelerated investment in some of Pennsylvania’s poorest communities.Pennsylvania has the money, Hughes said: The state’s Independent Fiscal Office projects the state will end the 2022-23 fiscal year with a surplus of nearly $6.
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