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Students’ social and emotional needs, chronic absenteeism, discipline issues, staffing shortages and high Covid infection rates make progress difficult.

Under the proposed $1.3 billion education funding increase, schools throughout the commonwealth would receive more money. Wolf is calling for all state funding for Pennsylvania’s 501 school districts through the state’s Fair Funding Formula – something districts have long wanted. The formula includes factors such as enrollment, student poverty, and charter school enrollment. The funding boost would be supported by an increase in the state’s personal income tax rate that also...