HARRISBURG — Last summer, Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a budget that acknowledged a roughly $4.5 billion “adequacy gap” to properly fund the commonwealth’s poorest schools, and pledged to fill it using state dollars. They put about $500 million toward the goal in that budget. Now, as a new legislative session begins, funding advocates want to make sure officials don’t drag their feet to cover the rest. Deborah Gordon Klehr, executive director a…

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The poorest schools in Pennsylvania got an extra $500M last year. Is more money on the way?

The Pennsylvania legislature gave the state’s poorest schools an extra $500 million last year to close the “adequacy gap.” Now they have to decide what’s next.

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The poorest schools in Pa. got an extra $500M last year. Is more money on the way?

HARRISBURG — Last summer, Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a budget that acknowledged a roughly $4.5 billion “adequacy gap” to properly fund the commonwealth’s poorest schools, and pledged to fill it using state dollars.

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By Katie Meyer, Spotlight PA Photo courtesy of Nate Smallwood / For Spotlight PA The Pennsylvania legislature gave the state’s poorest schools an extra $500 million last year to close the “adequacy gap.” Now they have to decide what’s next. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for ou…

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