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Mayor Endorses Plan For 2.6 Billion In School Funding
June 10, 2008
Bradford Mayor Tom Riel spoke Tuesday at a conference attended by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, educators, and elected officials from across the state. The conference discussed plans to enact a school funding formula law that invests at least $2.6 billion over the next six years to help close the school funding shortfall identified in the legislature’s Costing-Out Report.
Riel told the conference, “Failure to act has real economic costs. As a locally elected official, I understand that if the state refuses to live up to its responsibility, then the burden falls to local taxpayers – which in turn hinders our economic growth. The best strategy for long-term property tax relief is for the state to increase funding for our schools.”
At the podium Riel also stressed how important it is for the General Assembly to cooperate to find a solution to the funding shortfall.
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GOVERNOR RENDELL’S 2008-09 EDUCATION PROPOSED BUDGET
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