Third and State

On May 6, researchers showed how the achievement gap and underlying inequality in Pennsylvania schools held back academic and economic performance and how resolving those problems would allow us to leapfrog ahead of the rest of the nation.

The Senate Appropriations Committee met on March 30 to discuss the proposed 2015-16 education budget with Acting Education Secretary Pedro Rivera.  There were three topics discussed at the committee hearing that will be key to understanding the upcoming budget process:

• How well public schools are doing and whether all children are given a fair chance to succeed;
• The role of unfunded pension costs in budget concerns; and
• Property tax reform.

Today, we’ll be looking at the last topic: property taxes.

The Senate Appropriations Committee met on March 30 to discuss the proposed 2015-16 education budget with Acting Education Secretary Pedro Rivera.  Three topics were discussed at the committee hearing that will be key to understanding the upcoming budget process.  The topics will be covered, starting today, in three separate blog posts: