Issue: School Funding and Finance
When new legislation passes, PSBA is seen as the leader in analyzing it and helping members make sense of it.
Public School Funding, Finances & Fiscal Health
- A Closer Look: The Pennsylvania School Funding Campaign
A legislative issue summary addressing State funding of Pennsylvania's public schools
• www.paschoolfunding.org
- Actual Instructional Expense (AIE)
- Average Weekly Wage, Statewide (SAWW)
- Budgets, Annual Review of Public Schools
- COLA for school employees
Resources related o the proposed cost of living adjustment in House Bill 2084.- HB 2084 (PN 3689)
- Actuarial Note, HB 2084 (PN 3689)
PDF - Actuarial Note, HB 2084 as amended by A07093 PDF
This amendment is filed to the bill as a floor amendment and has not yet been considered by the full House. - For Members' Only (if not logged in, log-in will be required before being sent on to a link):
- Talking points for House Bill 2084 (COLAs for state and public school retirees)
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Sample opposition letter to House Bill 2084
(Word doc)
This is an editable document and requires school board members to contact school business managers to help fill-in cost figures. -
Sample letters to the editor – House Bill 2084
(Word doc)
This document contains 2 different sample letters for school board members and/or superintendents to submit to local papers.
- HB 2084 (PN 3689)
- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
The CPI provides information about price changes in the nation's economy to government, business, labor and private citizens, and is used as a guide to making economic decisions - Cost of Operating a School District
School spending is the result of a mix of federal, state and local actions and decisions. The interrelationship of spending, student needs, and complex laws and regulations is intended to meet the local demand for public education.- Property assessment and reassessment
- Fund Balance FAQs
- Fiscal Health, Annual Overview of School Districts
- Growth Allowance Index
- Property Assessment Appeals
- Text of SB 1247, P.N. 1690
- Sample Opposition Letter to SB 1247. This is an editable document and may require school board members to contact school business managers to help fill-in cost figures.
- PSBA Pension Study Committee Report PDF
The PSBA Executive Board created an ad hoc Pension Study Committee to examine the rising
cost of the Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) and to formulate policy
recommendations for the board’s consideration.
- Revenue and Expenditure
- School Construction Survey (PDF)
2001 survey shows that the planned construction for the next five years will closely match the actual construction pattern of the last five years
- Separate Prime Contract Mandate Waiver Option
- Sample Opposition Letter to the elimination of Separations Act mandate waivers. This is an editable document and requires school board members to contact school business managers to help fill-in cost figures.
- Sample Opposition Letter to the elimination of Separations Act mandate waivers. This is an editable document and requires school board members to contact school business managers to help fill-in cost figures.