Make your voice heard on March 8 – call your legislators to ask for fair funding for every student in PA. Senate Appropriations Committee, 10 AM, Capitol Complex, North Office Building, Hearing Room 1 Streaming links/details posted closer to date at: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/cms/index.cfm?chamber=S House Appropriations Committee, 1:30 PM, Main Capitol Building, Room 1 Streaming links/details posted […]
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February is Black History Month
Can you identify: an advocate for civil rights, a fund raiser for NAACP, and the first African-American person to sign a long-term Hollywood contract in 1942? the first African-American woman in the world to earn a pilot’s license? a performer denied permission to sing in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) auditorium because of […]
Education Highlights from Governor Wolf’s 2016-17 Budget Address
Below are some education highlights from Governor Wolf’s 2016-17 budget address (2016-17 ED Budget details): Basic Education $200 million (3.28%) increase above the assumed $377 million increase in 2015-16, for a total of $6.3 billion to be distributed using the funding formula created by the Basic Education Funding Commission. Special Education $50 million (4.56%) increase […]
Act 1 of 2016: Governor Signs Delay of Keystone Exams as Graduation Requirements Into Law
On February 3, Governor Wolf signed Senate Bill 880, now officially Act 1 of 2016. The law delays the graduation requirement associated with the Keystone Exams or two years, until the 2018-19 school year. In addition to delaying the use of Keystone exams as a graduation requirement, the legislation also requires the Department of Education […]
Radnor LWV Event February 21: Sleep and the Adolescent Brain
The Radnor League of Women Voters, in partnership with the Radnor Township School District is hosting: Sleep and the Adolescent Brain, Sunday, February 21, 2-4 PM, at Radnor Middle School. Nationally renowned pediatric sleep expert Dr. Judith Owens, CHOP psychologist Dr. Katherine Dahlsgaard, and West Chester Area School District Superintendent Dr. James Scanlon will address the causes and implications […]
Senator Aument Assigned to Senate Education Committee
On January 19, Senator Ryan Aument replaced former Senator (and current Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge) Dominic Pileggi on the Senate Education Committee. Senator Aument brings the experience of having served on the House Education Committee while a PA Representative.
Keystone Exams Delay Legislation To Be Signed by Governor Wolf
On January 20, SB 880 passed the Senate once again on concurrence and now heads to Governor Wolf for signing. The bill,which delays the use of Keystone Exams as graduation requirements for two years also tasks the PA Department of Education (within 6 months) with re-evaluating the use of the assessments going forward. The bill now […]