Pennsylvania Public Schools Are "Bleeding Out" from Budget Cuts

[JPZenger]

Last edited Fri Jun 7, 2013, 01:32 PM - Edit history (1)

http://yinzercation.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/bleeding-out/

This western PA. blogger has a series of excellent posts on the public school funding situation in PA. Here's excerpts of the latest:

"The results are sobering (all data from PASBO/PASA School Finance Report, June 2013):

-22% will reduce or eliminate extra-curriculars, including sports or will establish/increase fees for participation. That’s on top of the 30 and 33% of districts that have already done so in the past two years.
- 8% of districts will close school buildings this year. (7% closed buildings in 2012-13 and 10% in 2011-12).
- 64% will continue to decrease staff, with over 20% planning furloughs."
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Here's one of the previous posts:

... the PA. House took a giant step back, approving a suite of corporate tax cuts proposed by Governor Corbett. Once in place, the tax breaks will cost us taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars – that’s hundreds of millions in lost revenue for the state and money that won’t be available to fund our public goods, including schools.

While these tax cuts are defended by the Governor as necessary for creating future revenues, according to the EPLC some estimate “that there will only be $1 dollar of new revenue generated for every $7 of tax cuts for some businesses."

[pangaia]

1. Ah yes, socialism for the top,

capitalism for the bottom.

The fascists have won.

[Laelth]

2. Tragic. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth