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Gov. Tom Wolf speaks to reporters in Reading in April. A group of Western Pa. superintendents called on the state legislature to back Wolf’s proposal for large-scale education spending in next year’s budget.
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If the $1.3 billion investment in education comes through that Gov. Tom Wolf included in his proposed state budget, it would just about make up for the increased costs Pennsylvania schools are set to absorb between this and next school year, according to Jamie Baxter, policy director for nonprofit Allies for Children, formerly Child Watch of Pittsburgh.