Education Money Driving State Budget Debate
Local legislators react to the state budget proposal and negotiations.
State legislators have spent the past month discussing Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget proposal and Democrats are continuing to question his priorities while Republicans are considering restoring some funding to higher education. As expected, education funding is the hottest topic after Corbett proposed cutting more than $500 million from basic education for local school districts and slashing state-fund higher education in half. Corbett has said the cuts are essential to balancing his $27.3 billion budget. The state legislators who represent people living in the Chartiers Valley area all agree that education funding is driving the current budget negotiations. State Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline, said reducing spending is understandable, but …
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