Lawmakers with the state’s Basic Education Funding Commission (BEFC) heard testimony Miércoles in Pittsburgh on the needs of high school career and technical (CTE) programs. Surrounded by fire engines, ambulances and police vehicles used by Pittsburgh Public Schools’...
As part of a series of statewide hearings on education funding in Pennsylvania, lawmakers heard from educators in Pittsburgh on Miércoles, who told them of the needs that schools in western Pennsylvania have, including special education funding, pre-kindergarten...
This week, the state’s Basic Education Funding Commission (BEFC) will meet in Pittsburgh to gather testimony from educators and education advocates on the state of public education in Pennsylvania. Considering the Commonwealth Court’s ruling this year declaring the...
(The Center Square) – For more than a decade, policymakers in Harrisburg – and the circle of education influencers that they attract – have struggled to define equity for public school students. Now, with a court mandate baring down, the state must reimagine the free...
Septiembre 28, 2023 – Senator Vincent Hughes, Senate Democratic Appropriations Chair, announced over $19.5 million dollars in grants for 35 projects that support crime victims and criminal justice in the 7th District. The funds were awarded through multiple grant...
