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Release Overdue Funding for Textbooks & Materials

September 29, 2015
by Hill
2015-2016 state budget, Catholic Education, catholic schools, funding, Governor Wolf, stop gap budget, textbooks
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booksappleAs Catholic school students across the Commonwealth begin the new school year, instructors are feeling the pinch of the unresolved state budget debate. Nonpublic schools do not receive basic education tax dollars, but their students do benefit from line items that pay for textbooks, materials, equipment, and services that support their secular education through the Intermediate Units. The proposal this year finally achieves equity between public and nonpublic students – the line items increase at the same rate.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a measure to release some of the funds for critical programs like these to fill in the gap until a final budget agreement is reached.

Urge Governor Wolf to sign the stop gap measure and release overdue funding for the textbooks, materials, equipment and key services that benefit all Pennsylvania students.

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