Key Issue: School Funding

In 2011, Gov. Tom Corbett slashed nearly $1 billion from Pennsylvania's public schools, creating a school funding crisis that is getting worse every year these unprecedented cuts are not restored.

The governor's proposed 2013-2014 state budget would increase public school funding by only $90 million more than public schools received this year, leaving a massive, $766 million funding gap that remains unfilled.

Take Action: Tell state legislators to make school funding a priority.

State Budget Resources:

• PSEA news release: PSEA President: Corbett's Budget Fails Pennsylvania Students - Again (Feb. 5, 2013)
• State Budget Calculator: www.psea.org/schoolcuts
• New Report: School funding crisis worsens and students suffer (June 5, 2013)
• PSEA news release: PSEA President responds to Governor Corbett's liquor privatization scheme (Jan. 30, 2013) 
• PSEA White Paper: Sounding the Alarm
• Web story: The privatization myth: wrong for Pennsylvania 
• PSEA State Budget Analysis - 2012-2013
• Chart: PA State Budget Funding 2004-present
  (click on chart to view larger version)

Additional Resources:

• Recent survey shows a growing crisis in public schools (July 2012) 
• The $1 Billion Public Education Cut: Corbett's Fault (April 2013)
• Kids, Cuts, and Consequences project
  Through the Kids, Cuts, and Consequences project, PSEA members are sharing their stories and describing the impact of these devastating cuts. 

 
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