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A Break in the Budget Impasse

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, Governor Tom Wolf finally signed a spending plan for Pennsylvania, although only part of it. He exercised his right to line item veto the budget bill passed by the General Assembly just before Christmas. After a six-month political stand-off between the
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December 30, 2015
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State Budget Impasse: Pennsylvanians under Siege

A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside is called a siege. With the state budget now five months overdue, thousands of Pennsylvania families with nothing to surrend
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November 24, 2015
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Release Overdue Funding for Textbooks & Materials

As 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, m
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September 29, 2015
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PA Budget Impasse Remains

The stalemate over Pennsylvania’s 2015-2016 spending plan remains after an attempt to release funding for a series of budget line items fell short of the necessary votes this week. The fiscal year ended on June 30, 2015. A budget was passed by the General Assembly, but vetoed entirely
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August 26, 2015
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School Is In Session: Time to Fund Textbooks, Equipment & Services

As 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, m
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August 24, 2015
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The 2011-2012 Commonwealth Budget

Pennsylvania’s “day of reckoning has come,” announced Governor Tom Corbett with calls for fiscal discipline and no new taxes. On Tuesday, March 8, 2011, the governor unveiled his $27.3 billion spending plan for the Commonwealth’s 2011-2012 fiscal year. The budget proposal represents a
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March 10, 2011
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Letter to legislative leaders: fairness for nonpublic schools

PCC Executive Director, Dr. Robert J. O’Hara, sent the following letter to legislative leaders in the state House and Senate on June 29, 2009: The parents of Catholic school students understand that tough economic times require all of us to make the most of limited resources. We
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June 29, 2009
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