September 04, 2024 - Natrona Heights, PA
Governor Josh Shapiro visited Highlands High School in Allegheny County to meet with students, teachers, and legislators and mark 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 like Highlands. As students across the Commonwealth return to school, they are benefitting from substantial new investments secured by Governor Shapiro and a bipartisan group of legislators. 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 this summer, Pennsylvania is making an unprecedented commitment to K-12 public education with $11 billion in funding - an increase of $1.1 billion from last year, the largest increase in history. There's nothing more important than investing in our children's future, and we'll keep working together to deliver for them," said Governor Shapiro. "This budget builds on our progress by funding student teacher stipends, enhancing mental health resources, and addressing environmental repairs in schools. Additionally, we're refining our school funding formula to ensure that resources reach the schools that need them most." List of Speakers:Cathleen Cubelic, Highland School District Assistant SuperintendentRep. Mandy SteeleMichelle Dickerson, Teacher Highland School DistrictAgastya Narang, Student Highland School DistrictGovernor Shapiro
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