Pennsylvania Child Care Workers Face Health Insurance Crisis
It is widely suspected that few child care workers obtain health benefits through their job and that this contributes...
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Runaway Spending: Private Contractors Increase the Cost of School Student Transportation Services in Pennsylvania
This study examines the cost of transportation services for Pennsylvania school districts, focusing especially on the impact on costs...
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No Accountability: Pennsylvania’s Track Record Using Taxpayer Dollars to Pay for Private and Religious School Tuition
This Reports and Briefing Papers reviews the experience of the EITC program, including its size and growth over time,...
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A Property Tax Rebate Program: Relief for Working Families, Underfunded School Districts, and Pennsylvania’s Environment
This Reports and Briefing Papers examines a flexible tax proposal that could help address the three critical problems linked...
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Limiting Learning: How Caps on School Funding Erode the Quality of Education
The Pennsylvania legislature is considering a school finance proposal that would shift some school funding away from local property...
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Transparency Bills Could Help School Districts Avoid Outsourcing of Public Services That Lowers Quality and Raises Costs
Providing additional transparency when school districts consider outsourcing, and an escape route if savings do not result, can reduce...
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Press Release: NEW POLLING Shows Pennsylvanians Overwhelmingly Support Additional Investment in K-12 Education
In a statewide poll commissioned by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, results show that a lack of state...
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KRC Files Affidavit in PA School Funding Lawsuit
This memo reports that petitioners in Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit filed a brief and affidavits refuting the claim made...
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Pre-K-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand?
Despite Governor Wolf’s progress to restore the deep cuts to K-12 classroom funding enacted by Governor Corbett in 2011-12,...
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Affidavit Filed by KRC Labor Economist Mark Price as Part of School Funding Lawsuit in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s constitution stipulates that the General Assembly must provide “a thorough and efficient system of public education to serve...
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KRC Files Affidavit in PA School Funding Lawsuit
Last week petitioners in Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit filed a brief and affidavits refuting the claim made by the...
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NEW POLL: Pennsylvanians Want State Legislature to Make Additional K-12 Education Funding a Priority
As the PA General Assembly considers Governor Wolf’s request for new spending on K-12 education in the budget for...
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