Get active! Here's how to contact your Legislators.
Click HERE to find out who your representatives are and how to reach them with your opinions!
https://tinyurl.com/HowToFindMyRep
What is PSERS?
Basic information on the Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS).
https://tinyurl.com/whatisPSERS
What's the latest on PSERS reform?
What are the various options and timelines for proposed reform?
http://www.pasbo.org/pension
PSBA Legislative Priority: Address Pennsylvania's Pension Crisis
As required pension contributions have risen, so too have the amount of each school district's budget dedicated to paying them.
https://tinyurl.com/psbapensioncrisis
QCSD Budget Information 2017-18 Milford MS Possible Closure
Can't find what you are looking for, check out the QCSD Budget Information 2017-18 Milford MS Possible Closure page by clicking on the link below.
https://www.qcsd.org/Page/13835
PSBA Special Report - Mandates
Report highlights school mandates and makes recommendations to stretch school funding.
https://tinyurl.com/sdmandates
State Mandates & Stretching School Funding?
School District Mandates: Their Impact on Public Education
https://tinyurl.com/psbamandates
PASBO Property Tax Reform and Related Issues
Property tax reform remains an important focus for the legislature in 2017-18.
http://www.pasbo.org/content.asp?contentid=179
Where does property tax reform stand?
Find information provided on the Property Tax Elimination Bill SB76 and HB76.
https://www.qcsd.org/Page/13755
What is Act 1 and how does it impact school district budgets?
The following question-and-answer guide provides a primer on the property tax system in Pennsylvania and Act 1 of 2006:
https://www.psea.org/act1/
Charter and Cyber Charter School Reform
Charter schools are a type of public school operating under a "charter", essentially a contract between the school and its authorizing agency, which could be a public school district.
https://tinyurl.com/CharterSchReform
State of Education At-a-Glance
Summary report of "State of Education" report 2016-17
https://tinyurl.com/StateOfEdSum
State of Education Report 2016-17
The annual State of Education report is intended to be a barometer of not only the key indicators of public school performance, such as standardized test scores, but also the timely challenges that public schools are facing and how they are coping with them.
https://www.psba.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SoE-report-041217.pdf
Dr. Harner - "Super Blogs" relating to budget pressure points
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