Superintendents from six school districts across the state filed affidavits as part of our school funding lawsuit. These filings paint a clear picture: Pennsylvania's school funding system has gotten worse and continues to deprive students of the resources they need.
Read moreWATCH: Pennsylvanians Speak Out: Building Conditions
We spoke with Pennsylvanians ‒ parents, students and community members ‒ about how underfunding in PA schools is affecting them directly.
What they told us confirms what we already know: Students who need the most get the least, because of where they live. This has to change. And this fall, we're taking the state to court to make it so.
For more video on the case, go to fundourschoolspa.org/video.
New trial start date scheduled in PA school funding lawsuit; trial Now Slated to begin Nov. 12
Trial in a historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system is now scheduled to begin on Friday, November 12, following a request for a 30-day extension from Sen. Jake Corman due to an unforeseen medical emergency of an attorney in the case. Petitioners in the case send their best wishes for good health and a full recovery.
Read moreJudge in Commonwealth Court PA School Funding Case Rules to Allow Evidence about Racial Impact of Underfunding
HARRISBURG, PA (JULY 29, 2021) — A powerful early victory came for plaintiffs in the PA school funding case, as Commonwealth Court today largely rejected PA House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler’s attempt to block the introduction of evidence about the massive racial achievement gaps in Pennsylvania public schools and the severe underfunding that is driving those disparities.
Read moreTrial in Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit on track to begin in September
Suit by parents and school districts charges that overreliance on local wealth has caused widespread inadequacy and deep inequality in PA public schools
Read moreSchool funding lawsuit moves closer to trial in 2021 with ruling that parents will remain in case
Court cites ‘public importance’ of case. Parties will meet May 20 to determine trial schedule.
Read moreStatement On Gov. Wolf's 2021 Education Budget Proposal
“For years, our school funding system has allowed students who need the most to get the least, because of where they live,” said Education Law Center executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr. “This proposal finally recognizes that reality – and the reality that the enormous shortfalls in education funding across the state require the state to find additional revenues. We wholeheartedly support the governor’s groundbreaking proposal as a giant step in the right direction that helps to tackles the chronic shortfalls in state funding for both basic education and special education. As laudable and necessary as the proposal is, it is not enough by itself to right the deep wrongs our irrational school funding system has brought to our communities for decades.”
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