We must determine how much funding is needed in every school district to ensure each child succeeds.
In this file photo, a student walks into a classroom at Jay Cooke Elementary in North Philadelphia. Courts have agreed Philadelphia is among the school districts most shortchanged by the way Pennsylvania funds public education.Each year, kindergartners enter the William Penn School District full of the energy and optimism that only five-year-olds can bring. They are risk-takers who believe they can do anything. And they are right.
However, hiring professionals takes funding. At the William Penn School District, like in Philadelphia, and in low-wealth communities across the Commonwealth, we simply do not have enough of it. As the superintendent proud to lead William Penn and the Speaker of the House privileged to represent them and Philadelphia alike, we know this sort of underfunding is not something low-wealth communities choose. In fact, the boroughs that make up William Penn pay the highest effective tax rate in Delaware County, but because the William Penn community is not fortunate enough to be a place of wealth, the efforts of our taxpayers just aren’t enough.
With the court’s judgment in hand, school leaders, state officials, and the general public must come together to demand a new path. On May 10, the Commonwealth empaneled a bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission to study the funding of schools. We know the task ahead is clear: we must determine how much funding is needed in every school district for modern curricula, sufficient teachers and counselors, remedial help, special education resources, safe facilities, and quality pre-K.
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