Some Moderate Repub. PA. Senators Working on Additional Funding for Urban Schools
Check out the photo at the link - it won't direct link.
Caption: "Children deliver letters written by Philadelphia public school students to the office of Gov. Tom Corbett as part of an effort organized by education groups to secure enough state aid to head off nearly 3,800 layoffs in the state's largest school district on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy) "
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The public pressure is starting to work. The House in a party line vote approved a budget very similar to Corbetts. However, some moderate Republican State Senators are seeking to revise the budget to find some additional dollars for distressed school districts.
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130619_Deal_said_to_be_in_works_on_school_finances.html
Excerpt:
"Senate Appropriations Chairman Jake Corman (R., Centre) said he would be willing to consider a freeze in a planned business-tax phaseout - for the so-called capital stock and franchise tax - to free dollars that could be redirected to public schools.
"Whether we do it or not remains to be seen," said Corman, who said he would consider rolling the tax back to 2012 levels. "Is that phaseout more important than education dollars? Higher education dollars? . . . Economic development dollars? That's what you are weighing."
