A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the financial impacts of pooling all school district property tax revenue at the intermediate unit level and distributing that money to school districts based on their average daily membership.
This resolution directs Pennsylvania's Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study a potential change to school funding. It would require the committee to collect data on all school districts' property tax revenue, calculate regional tax rates, and model how pooling that revenue at the intermediate unit level (regional education groups) and distributing it based on student enrollment would affect funding. The study aims to evaluate whether this approach would make school funding more equitable, addressing a court-ordered obligation to fairly fund public education. The committee must report findings within one year, but the resolution itself does not change current funding rules.
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Apr 2025
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Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Last action Apr 3, 2025
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Apr 3, 2025
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Referred to Education
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1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
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Paul Friel
DDemocratic
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Ben Sanchez
DDemocratic
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Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
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Christina Sappey
DDemocratic
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Danilo Burgos
DDemocratic
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Ed Neilson
DDemocratic
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Joe Webster
DDemocratic
Co
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
DDemocratic
Co
JG
José Giral
DDemocratic
Co
Kyle Donahue
DDemocratic
Co
Malcolm Kenyatta
DDemocratic
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