Virtual Town Hall Meeting – The PA Fair Funding Initiative
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Virtual Town Hall Meeting
Confused about Pennsylvania’s current system for funding public schools, the Fair Funding Formula, LevelUp, and what an upcoming court case might mean for it all?
“The nation’s most fiscally disadvantaged local public-school districts of significant size lie to the north and west of Philadelphia, in the districts of Reading and Allentown.” –Bruce Baker, Center for American Progress
Join us: Tuesday, August 10, 2021, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Zoom Link: Please click this URL to join.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81837013938
1-301-715-8592, 81837013938# US
With presentations from:
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Lawyers from The Public Interest Law Center and Education Law Center-PA, who will explain the historic school funding lawsuit, William Penn School District v. Pennsylvania Department of Education, which is slated for court on September 9, 2021
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A representative from Pennsylvanians for Fair Funding, a group that advocates for education funding reforms to ensure that PA meets its constitutional guarantee of “a thorough and efficient system of public education” for all children
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Allentown School District (ASD) Students and Parents as they urge the PA General Assembly to provide a fair, adequate, and predictable funding system that enables all children to meet state academic standards and does not discriminate against low-wealth school districts