Pennsylvania's Costing-Out Study:
What does it really cost to provide a quality education to every child?
With the November 14, 2007 release of an independent costing-out study, Pennsylvanians now know the extent to which their children's schools are under funded.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) includes the costing-out study in full text or in summary. Click here to enter their site: Costing out Study on PDE website
Pennsylvania's Best Investment: The Social and Economic Benefits of Public Education
The Education Law Center released a report on June 5, 2008, making clear that public education is a worthy investment for state government, with immense social and economic benefits. To view the report, please click here.
According to the report, individuals who graduate and have access to quality education throughout primary and secondary school are more likely to find gainful employment, have stable families, and be active and productive citizens. They are also less likely to commit serious crimes, less likely to place high demands on the public health care system, and less likely to be enrolled in welfare assistance programs. Investing in public education is thus far more cost-effective for the state than paying for the social and economic consequences of underfunded, low quality schools.
Pennsylvania School Funding Campaign
The Philadelphia Education Fund is a member of the School Funding Campaign Steering Committee. We encourage you to go to the campaign website and sign on as a supporter of the campaign. You can sign on as an individual supporter or as an organizational supporter.
Click here to enter their site
Other Civic Engagement Projects
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Contact Information
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Brian Armstead Director - Civic Engagement Seven Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Suite 700 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 665-1400, ext. 3332 barmstead@philaedfund.org |
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General Assembly Adopts Education Budget for FY 2008-2009 (July 4, 2008)
On July 4, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a state budget that increased basic education funding by $275 million - the largest dollar increase in at least two decades - and ensures that public education will remain a priority by locking funding targets into law. For more information, please visit the PA School Funding website
House Bill 2449 passes House Education Committee (June 4, 2008)
House Bill 2449, the legislation that would enable Pennsylvania's first true school funding formula since the early 1990s, passed on June 4th in the House Education Committee by a vote of 23-5. Read the press release from Good Schools Pennsylvania
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