4/13/16
by News Department on 04/13/16Wolf cuts school funding...
In late March, Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed House Bill 1327, which supports school funding, because he believed some of its measures were too costly.
The Republican Herald reports that this week, the governor unveiled a new education funding formula which will cut a cumulative total of $2,758,013 from local schools in Berks and Schuylkill counties.
The state budget approved by lawmakers in March included an additional $200 million for public schools.
The formula to determine how the money is driven out was contained in House Bill 1327, also known as the budget-related Fiscal Code.
On April 4, 2016, the governor vetoed the Fiscal Code and created his own formula to drive out public education funding. As a result, 86 percent of Pennsylvania’s 500 public school districts will receive less money under this plan than they would have received under the bipartisan Basic Education Funding Formula.
If the governor’s formula is approved, every local school district, with the exception of the Williams Valley School District, will receive less funding.
