Inequity and Inadequacy in K-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Fiscal Year 2022-23 Update
This paper updates the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center’s analysis of the inadequacy and inequity in school funding to...
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Frequently Asked Questions about Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Vouchers for Private and Religious Schools
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It’s Time to Reinstate the Philadelphia Intangible Wealth Tax
CLICK HERE TO READ IN FULL-PAGE FORM OR PRINT. Wealth inequality in America, in Pennsylvania, and in our region...
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Statement: The Democratic Education Funding Plan
Senator Vince Hughes, Democratic chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Lindsey Williams, Democratic chair of the Senate Ed...
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PaSW’s 2022-23 School Funding Proposal: A Bigger Step Toward Adequate and Equitable State Funding for Schools
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Economic, Racial, and Ethnic Inequality in Pennsylvania School Funding
It is well known that Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools are inadequately and inequitably funded. But the extent of the...
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A Quarter Century of Decline: School Funding In Pennsylvania 1993-94 to 2019-2020
After controlling for inflation in education costs, Pennsylvania’s public school districts are funded below the funding level they were...
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Uncovering Pennsylvania’s School Funding Disparity by Income
Relative to what they need, Pennsylvania’s poorest school districts receive 35% less funding than its richest. The incredible inequities...
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On the PA School Funding Lawsuit: Don’t Change the Subject
Originally published in the PA Capital-Star, August 11, 2021 In September, a group of students and school districts will...
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From Cutback to Comeback: A Path Forward for Scranton and Its School District
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A Necessary First Step: Governor Wolf’s Proposal to Provide Adequate and Equitable Funding of PA Schools
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Pennsylvania Higher Education at a Crossroads: To Boost Opportunity and Growth, Pennsylvania Needs to Invest in Higher Education
Our previous two briefs on higher education documented the importance of public universities to upward mobility in Pennsylvania and...
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