August 09, 2024 - Reading, PA
Governor Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin visited Amanda E. Stout Elementary in Reading to meet with students, teachers, and legislators to celebrate the historic investments in public K-12 education secured in the 2024-25 bipartisan budget - including the creation of a new adequacy formula to drive dollars to the public schools that need them most. The 2024-25 budget includes a historic $1.1 billion in total increases in K-12 public education funding, the largest year-over-year increase in Commonwealth history. This budget delivers significant progress on building strong and safe school communities, adequately and equitably funding public schools, supporting our teachers, and ensuring that every Pennsylvania child has the freedom to chart their own course and the opportunity to succeed. "In the bipartisan budget I signed into law last month, Pennsylvania will invest $11 billion in K-12 public education for our students and teachers - that's $1.1 billion more than last year, a record amount. We came together to make the largest investment in K-12 public education in the Commonwealth's history - because there is nothing more important than investing in our kids and their future - all while building on the progress we've made on student teacher stipends, mental health resources, and environmental school repairs," said Governor Shapiro. "And we're not only delivering more funding, but also fixing how we drive out that money to our schools under a new formula that directs funding to the districts who need it most - the districts that have been chronically underfunded." List of Speakers:Reading School District Superintendent Dr. Jennifer MurraySecretary Dr. Khalid N. MuminSenator Judy SchwankRepresentative Manny GuzmanReading Education Association President Brian BenkertReading School District 11th grader Jose MartinezGovernor Josh Shapiro
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