Hearing Held On State Funding Of Education

Democratic Chair of the State Senate Education Committee Andy Dinniman held a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss education spending in Pennsylvania. Dinniman focused the hearing on a two year old costing out study that looked at the cost associated with ensuring that every Pennsylvania student reaches the states academic standards. The report led to a change two years ago in Pennsylvania's funding system for education and Dinniman wanted to look at how the system is working and evaluate its effectiveness. Dinniman says the state needs to compare the states funding system with the reports recommendations and determine whether or not and changes need to be made.