by Susan Spicka | Oct 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
In a sweeping move, the Trump Administration’s Department of Education (US ED) has wiped out the office in charge of special education, firing nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday,...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, Democratic leaders brought a state budget totaling $50.25 billion to the floor in the Pennsylvania House and it passed with bipartisan support, 105-98. Click HERE to see how your state representative voted. This budget includes: A fully-funded second...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
As the budget impasse drags on, the state has missed $1.75 billion in payments to school districts. Some school districts are drawing money out of their fund balances (savings accounts) to pay their bills. Districts that lack adequate fund balances must borrow from...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Pennsylvania, our state law is supposed to protect children. Yet a loophole in Pennsylvania’s charter school law, combined with lax enforcement by the state agency responsible for overseeing cyber charters, leaves vulnerable children enrolled in these schools at...
by Susan Spicka | Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
We’re already well into August—nearly two months past Pennsylvania’s June 30th budget deadline—and the Senate continues to put forth unserious proposals. On Tuesday, August 12, the Pennsylvania Senate passed a $47.6 billion budget—about $3 billion less than the...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Budget negotiations in Harrisburg are ongoing and it is unclear whether the PA Senate will support cyber charter funding reforms. We’re now hearing that a $8000 statewide cyber charter tuition rate may be OFF of the negotiating table. This is an all hands on...
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