What happens if a PA school district can't meet its payroll ?

[DebJ]

The rumor that went through a school district locally today was that
the school district may well not be able to cover payroll through the
end of the year. Also, that 100 jobs may be cut, as early as next
week, even though 1 in 4 teacher jobs were cut last year plus scores
of other positions. Turns out the accountant they replaced last year
under-budgeted for those layoffs just a tad: he said something
like one quarter million, but actually it is costing over 1 million.
And he made some other egregious errors, it is said.

Meanwhile, anyone know what happens in such cases?

We can't survive on unemployment, as having to pay the full
costs of the health care plan would take 50% of my husband's
net pay, and unemployment would be much less than that.
My husband has serious medical issues and we cannot choose
to not have medical care. I can't get but a few days of work
a month myself.
Bye bye house.
Could we get food stamps in Pa and keep our cars?

Thanks, charter schools and Governor Gashole. And you are
welcome for 28 years of service.

[JPZenger]

1. Corbett to Low Income Public Schools: Drop Dead

There was an article in the Phil. Inquirer today that the Phil. School District needs to cut another $400,000 of spending every day just to meet this year's budget.

This is what happens when you cut $860 million out of the education budget, and then divert huge sums of money to your buddies' charter schools that skim off the students who are the easiest to teach.

Corbett knows that poor people don't vote. Or will they????

[Curmudgeoness]

2. I think we are about to find out.

Sooner or later, with the cuts in education funding, school districts are not going to be able to continue.

In fact, I am hoping it will happen soon, because we all know that we cannot stand by while a lot of schools in the state start to shut their doors....and that is what I would do if I could. This would force changes. I have no idea what will happen, and I don't know what they can do to a district that just shuts the doors, but I think it is time to find out.

[JPZenger]

3. Duquesne and Harrisburg School Districts are next, with many close behind

The next school districts that will be in a complete financial crisis are Duquesne and Harrisburg. Philadelphia still needs to make huge cuts to balance THIS year's budget, after making thousands of layoffs. Allentown is facing a huge deficit and says that if they make any more layoffs "they won't be able to operate." Hundreds of jobs were eliminated in Allentown schools last year. York is also in big trouble.