Joint, Bipartisan Senate Committees Discuss Possible School District Consolidation
HARRISBURG, June 18, 2019 — The Senate Majority Policy Committee and Senate Democratic Policy Committee yesterday jointly held a public workshop to discuss possible school district consolidation. “With 500 school districts in Pennsylvania this issue must be...
State Senate Hearing in Philly on Ride-hailing Companies
Philadelphia, PA − June 6, 2019 – At the request of state Senator Anthony Hardy Williams (D- Philadelphia), the Senate Democratic Policy Committee today held a hearing on ways to improve the accessibility, safety and reliability and working conditions for...
Antiquated Basic Education Funding Formula is Hurting Lehigh Valley Homeowners and Students
Op-Ed Column by State Senator Lisa Boscola
The Basic Education Funding Formula is the single largest education funding stream in the commonwealth’s budget. Until 2014, each year when the General Assembly passed a budget it distributed basic education funding dollars to our school districts based on what they received the year before — regardless of whether the student population grew or shrank. This led to large disparities throughout the state when it came to where money went versus where it was needed.
