Forces Target Pennsylvania School Aid Changes
A variety of factors—some simmering for years, and others mixed into the brew in recent months—are converging in Pennsylvania to raise the heat on lawmakers to reform the state's method of paying for its schools.
Experts see the current formula as one of the most inequitable in the country.
Grassroots advocacy, public opinion, proposed legislation, the looming state takeover of the Philadelphia schools, and a 2-year-old court decision are fueling new momentum on an issue that state legislators have been reluctant...
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