Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate, tired of waiting for the governor to find money to fix roads and bridges, plans to push legislation that would do the job.
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Senate GOP Plans Bill To Raise Highway Fix-Up Fees
Posted on 20 October 2011.
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Corbett Proposing Student-Like Grading For Teachers
Posted on 17 October 2011.
Teacher performance statewide currently is graded only as satisfactory or unsatisfactory. More than 99 percent of all Pennsylvania teachers are deemed satisfactory, even though some schools have student proficiency issues. Gov. Corbett proposes to change the rating system.
Route 422 Toll Plan Officially Dead, At Least For Now
Posted on 06 October 2011.
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission acknowledged Tuesday it could not, and would not try, to go further with its proposal to toll U.S. Route 422. There was just too much public and political opposition, its executive director said.
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Lawmakers, Editorials Press On Transportation Funding
Posted on 01 October 2011.
Outside pressure seems to be building for Gov. Tom Corbett to say whether he will act on a special commission’s recommendations to increase transportation funding in Pennsylvania. One proposal so far deemed dead-on-arrival?: tolling U.S. Route 422.
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School Voucher Users Must Pass Tests, State Suggests
Posted on 05 August 2011.
The state’s education secretary said Wednesday that if school choice vouchers ever win Legislative approval, children whose families use them must be prepared to take and pass Pennsylvania’s standardized tests.
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State Budget Effect: Cut School Funds At Top, Bottom
Posted on 04 July 2011.
The new state budget presents a double whammy for Pottsgrove and other school districts across Pennsylvania, one legislator says: it cuts state funding, and limits the ability to raise local taxes.
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School May Be Out, But Not For Charter School Marketers
Posted on 02 July 2011.
In an attempt to woo school districts’ students to charter and cyber-charter schools for 2011-2012, some charter school marketers have already begun their advertising and information campaigns.
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PA Legislators Work To Reform Schools’ Taxing Abilities
Posted on 01 July 2011.
Pennsylvania legislators late Thursday night were getting closer to significantly changing school districts’ ability to increase property taxes.
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PA School Voucher Bills Seem To Run Out Of Time
Posted on 28 June 2011.
A bill instituting school choice vouchers, advocated by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, may not be passed by the state Legislature before it adjourns for the summer.
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Local School Boards Face Both Cuts And Policy Changes
Posted on 30 April 2011.
It’s not just a loss of state and federal funding that school districts must wrestle with in 2011-2012. It’s also the substantially different way in which state officials now view education.
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