Post by Logan on Feb 3, 2016 2:57:19 GMT -6
READING, Pa. — With his first state budget still incomplete, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday that his second budget address will feature a renewed call for increases in state funding for K-12 education, both in the current fiscal year and the next.
After touring classrooms at an elementary school here, Mr. Wolf announced that his budget proposal Feb. 9 will assume an increase of $377 million to the main K-12 education line in the current year’s still-incomplete state budget and then add $200 million — a 3.3 percent increase — in the fiscal year that will begin July 1.
“In the budget that I’m going to propose on Tuesday, I’m not asking for a lot,” Mr. Wolf said. “I’m not asking for other things. I’m really going to focus on public education.”
He said Pennsylvanians have a shared responsibility to ensure that schools have adequate funding.
Read more: www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2016/02/02/Gov-Tom-Wolf-seeks-millions-more-for-education-next-fiscal-year/stories/201602020166
After touring classrooms at an elementary school here, Mr. Wolf announced that his budget proposal Feb. 9 will assume an increase of $377 million to the main K-12 education line in the current year’s still-incomplete state budget and then add $200 million — a 3.3 percent increase — in the fiscal year that will begin July 1.
“In the budget that I’m going to propose on Tuesday, I’m not asking for a lot,” Mr. Wolf said. “I’m not asking for other things. I’m really going to focus on public education.”
He said Pennsylvanians have a shared responsibility to ensure that schools have adequate funding.
Read more: www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2016/02/02/Gov-Tom-Wolf-seeks-millions-more-for-education-next-fiscal-year/stories/201602020166