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North Hills board members report on Harrisburg advocacy day; cyber charter funding and transportation formulas under review
Summary
Board members who attended advocacy day in Harrisburg said state lawmakers and education officials discussed cyber charter funding reform, transportation data/reporting and teacher certification changes that could affect district finances and hiring.
A board member reported to the North Hills School District Board of Education on May 15 that she and a colleague attended a statewide advocacy day in Harrisburg, where they met with the acting secretary of education, the chair of the House Education Committee and the budget office to press district priorities.
The board member said cyber charter funding reform remains under discussion and noted the district expects roughly $2 million to flow out to cyber charter schools next year. She told the board that lawmakers are considering changes to funding formulas to address the impact on local districts.
On transportation, the board member said the House Education Committee is reviewing bipartisan legislation that would require districts to provide additional data on transportation for private, charter and homeless students; that data would be used to justify updates to the transportation reimbursement formula, which the presenter said has not been updated since the 1970s. "We talked a lot about the impact on our district and the $2,000,000 that will be going from our district next year," she said.
The report also covered teacher certification. The presenter said the committee is working to modernize and streamline certification pathways to ease hiring, with remaining issues around CTC and science certifications.
No formal board action was taken at the meeting on these items; the report was informational. Board members emphasized the importance of continued state‑level attention to revenue impacts and transportation costs and said they will report back as legislation advances.
