Historic PA Budget Proposal Represents a Major Step Forward for Public Education Funding in Pennsylvania
From the good folks at PA Schools Work: The PA Schools Work Campaign saluted Governor Wolf for his bold $1.5 billion public education budget recommendation this week. The education portion of Governor Wolf’s 2021-22 budget proposal responds to the unique moment we’re in and sets a historic marker for investing in public education. The global…
Read MoreGovernor Wolf Proposes Plan to Cut Taxes for Working Class Families, Invest Billions in Education and Workforce Development
With the Governor slated to deliver his annual budget address on Wednesday, Education funding is a huge part of this budget. BASD alone is currently underfunded by roughly $20 million each year (which this would correct). Read the full details here: https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-wolf-proposes-plan-to-cut-taxes-for-working-class-families-invest-billions-in-education-and-workforce-development/
Read MoreUpcoming BASD School Board Meeting Agenda
At the Facilities Committee meeting, we’ll get an update on the district’s energy use and hear about the Focused Facility Study task force that will be looking at the capital needs at Fountain Hill, Thomas Jefferson, and William Penn Elementary Schools. At the Curriculum Committee meeting, we’ll hear the Communities in Schools Annual Report for…
Read MoreSuperintendent’s Parent Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 1/14/21
Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes provided by PAC January 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM 1. COVID Update Goal is to be under 10 cases per 100k people per week. Moderate rating is 10-100 for their scale. Last week was 541 for our county last week. Not ideal. Percentage of people testing positive was about…
Read MoreFollow-up Lehigh Valley School Funding Lawsuit
An update on the Lehigh Valley School Funding Lawsuit from Education Voters of PA From a webinar with attorneys from the Education Law Center and Public Interest Law Center about Pennsylvania’s historic school funding lawsuit. Please find attached the slides from last night’s presentation. For more information about the school funding lawsuit, please visit https://www.fundourschoolspa.org/ You may…
Read MoreLearn About New Online Tools for Education Advocates
From the good people at PA Schools Work: If you weren’t able to join us last week for our Lunch & Learn webinar with the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) about their new suite of tools on their Data Dive website, don’t worry! Below you’ll find a link to a recording of the webinar, plus…
Read MoreLehigh Valley–Learn how you can support PA’s historic school funding lawsuit!
From Our friends at Education Voters of Pennsylvania… In 2021 Pennsylvania’s historic school funding lawsuit will go to trial. On Wednesday, January 27th at 7:00 pm, attorneys from the Public Interest Law Center and Education Law Center will provide an overview of the school funding lawsuit to members of the Lehigh Valley community. We hope that you…
Read MoreALERT: Tell PA lawmakers—Choose public schools, not DeVos vouchers
Dear BASD Proud Parents, From our friends at Education Voters of PA Pennsylvania lawmakers are preparing to join Betsy DeVos in attempting to exploit the COVID-19 crisis to advance their school privatization agenda. The House Education Committee has announced that on Thursday, October 1st, its members will vote on House Bill 2696, legislation that would use $500…
Read MoreFair Funding Workshop
On Tuesday, October 6th we will be holding a Fair Funding workshop. David Mosenkis, a visual data expert from POWER Interfaith, will be presenting the workshop with some updated data. Angelica Calel, a recent Pottstown grad, will open with a few words about the issue. I will also help facilitate. The workshop will be held…
Read MoreFair Funding for Public Education (Presentation)
This presentation is a brief overview of how Basic Education Funding is allocated in Pennsylvania and how little of it goes through the “Fair Funding Formula,” which was enacted in 2016. This negatively impacts most public school students, and the vast majority of Black and Hispanic public school students, across the commonwealth. The Bethlehem Area…
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