Guest commentary: Pa. schools need full and fair funding

County, school board reps call for end to Pa. budget stalemate

Representatives of Pennsylvania counties and the commonwealth’s public school boards joined Monday in urging state lawmakers to finalize the three-month-late budget.

Guest commentary: Pa. schools need full and fair funding

It is now October, and the state of Pennsylvania still does not have a budget passed by the Senate and House of Representatives for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Back in March, Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed a budget of $5.1 billion that included the second round of adequacy funding for schools, which was promised to rectify decades of underfunding of schools in this state. This also was in answer to a lawsuit and court opinion that stated that every chi…

Budget Delay Puts PA Food Bucks Funding at Risk - Gettysburg Connection

It has now been three months since Pennsylvania lawmakers missed the June 30 deadline to pass the state budget, leaving Pennsylvania as the only state in the nation without a budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year. While the delay has created challenges, it has also left room for legislators to take action on meaningful proposals that would have an immediate impact on families, farmers, and communities across the Commonwealth. One opportunity still …