Acting Secretary Khalid Mumin fielded questions on a variety of topics in and not in the govenor's budget proposal.
He then clarified the governor’s stance on lifeline scholarships, saying he is supportive of them “but not at the detriment” of school districts.
Rep. Ryan Warner, R-Fayette County, later picked up on that line of questioning. He noted how the demand for private school scholarships outpaces the funding the state has made available for the state’s tax credit program for businesses that support those scholarship programs. He asked Mumin if he supported expanding the tax credit program to meet the demand.
Rather he frequently referred to Shapiro’s proposed $567.4 million increase in funding for direct state support to school districts, bringing the total to $8.4 billion as a “strong foot forward” while work goes on to establish a fairer way to fund schools. While that is true, Sharon Ward of the Education Law Center said that extra funding is needed by those districts.
Other lawmakers had other suggestions to address the teacher shortage. Rep. Ben Waxman, D-Philadelphia, suggested good wages and benefits and fair working conditions is what attracted his mother to work for a public school. Democratic Rep. Kyle Mullins of Lackawanna County suggested supplementing the tax credit with tuition reimbursement and higher starting salary.Its spokesman Chris Lilienthal said, “While Gov.
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