Write Wagner, Saylor, and Wolf and ask what they are personally going to do concerning the budget to make sure this doesn't happen.

Stan Saylor is having a town hall meeting at Springettsbury township building Wednesday, March 9. Show up in person and ask him what his plan forward is on agreeing to and approving last year's budget and making sure this year's budget is agreed to and passed on time to avoid these problems. Saylor is chairman of the house education committee, believe it or not.

The meeting will be on March 9 from 7:00-9:00pm at the Springettsbury Township building, 1501 Mount Zion Road.

Last edited by Rongone (3/07/2016 7:40 pm)

I was curious just what happens IF a school actually goes bankrupt. Here is what I found FWIW. 

Unlike a business that is faced with tough times, a school district cannot close its doors and turn away kids, said David Davare, director of research services at the Pennsylvania School Boards Association.

Any school that can no longer afford to operate goes under state control, much like Act 47 for distressed municipalities, Davare said.

Under state control the Department of Education appoints a board of control, which supersedes the local school board and looks for long-term fixes to improve finances, Davare said.

 

Last edited by tennyson (3/07/2016 9:34 pm)

flowergirl wrote:

My first thought after reading these posts is so what if the school district files bankruptcy and a state dept. of education takes over control of it. There still is a shortage of money, there is still no state budget so from where does the money the state will need after it takes control?

Not quite sure how the whole thing would work legally in terms of the lack of budget. I do not believe that money because of the lack of budget has in general been kept from flowing IN to the state coffers from things like taxes on gasoline, sales taxes, etc , but the reverse is the problem. What has been authorized thus far is then the question of how that money could be used by the State to finance any bankrupt district. Obviously this whole thing will have to come to a head soon. 
 

I'm not completely up to speed on all of this, but I have just one question ................ why should a public school be responsible for subsidizing privately run cyber and charter schools?

"I think Governor Wolf needs to drop his demand for tax increases this year. I don't see anyway that will happen in an election year.".  Common Sense

No . . . The state senate, the state house, and the governor's office have to sit down, act like adults, throw the partisanship, blaming, and deflection out the window and negotiate a reasonable budget FOR LAST YEAR, and then work on reaching an agreement for this year's budget. They ALL need to collaborate, cooperate, and compromise to get their jobs done for the benefit of the people of Pennsylvania. As far as being an election year, I advocate for voting all incumbents in the state senate and house up for re-election out of office for dereliction of duty and abdication of their constitutional responsibilities . . . regardless of their party affiliation.