Gov. Tom Wolf stood firm Monday in his resolve to reform Pennsylvania s decades-old charter school law.
But he will face a tough â nearly impossible, some say â battle in the General Assembly, where preserving school choice remains popular within the GOP-controlled Legislature. Let s create a level playing field here, Wolf said during a news conference Monday in Lancaster. We are all in the business of taking taxpayer dollars to make students lives better.
Wolf s proposed changes, encapsulated in House Bill 272, would standardize cyber charter tuition to $9,500 per student and recalculate a charter school s special education funding using an updated formula the Legislature approved in 2015. In total, districts could save $395 million, the administration said.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf refocused his efforts this week on his public education policies – unpopular within the Republican-controlled General Assembly – as state budget negotiations intensify ahead of the June 30 deadline.
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POTTSTOWN — The push to reform Pennsylvania s 24-year-old charter school law, which this year will cost local taxpayers $3 billion, was reiterated in Pottstown Wednesday.
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