September 05, 2024 - Emmaus, PA
Governor Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin visited Emmaus High School in Lehigh County to meet with students, teachers, advocates, and legislators and 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. 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 for the first time ever committing $11 billion to K-12 public education - an increase of $1.1 billion from last year, the largest increase in history. There's nothing more important than investing in our children and their future, and we'll continue to work together to deliver for them," said Governor Shapiro. "This budget builds on our progress investing in student teacher stipends, mental health resources, and school environmental repairs - while we also improve how school funding is allocated with a new formula that drives dollars out to the schools who need it most." List of Speakers:East Penn School District Superintendent Dr. Kristen CampbellSecretary of Education Dr. MuminRepresentative Peter Schweyer, House Majority Education Committee Chairman Senator Nick MillerDan Urevick-Ackelsberg, a senior attorney at The Public Interest Law Center in PhiladelphiaEric Luckenbill, Emmaus High School teacher Mariam Mahmoud, Student Emmaus High SchoolGovernor Josh Shapiro
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