The Senate is preparing to consider a general fund budget bill that is an agreed-to product of negotiations between Gov. Josh Shapiro and leaders of the Senate Republican majority.
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“There’s a discussion to be had but that discussion is not the voucher bill currently in front of us,” House Democratic Leader Matt Bradford, D-Montgomery County, said. However, he left open the possibility it could resurface in a comprehensive budget agreement if Democrats enough wins in their other priority areas.It provides a healthy size increase in public school investment that was enough to satisfy Gov. Josh Shapiro and acceptable to Senate GOP leaders, Senate sources said.
The Senate spending plan also includes $100 million in Level Up funding which would be distributed to the 100 poorest school districts. House Democrats booked $225 million in their $45.4 billion state budget bill passed last month while the governor’s bill didn’t include this extra supplement to school districts.
Meanwhile, a noontime Capitol Rotunda rally to encourage Democrats to hold fast to that position was held by PA Schools Work, a public education advocacy coalition staunchly opposed to vouchers.
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