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State budget briefing: Representative Fleming outlines proposed education funding, cyber-charter cap and local impacts for Susquehanna Township
Summary
State Representative Fleming told the Susquehanna Township School Board the governor's proposed budget would raise state spending and includes new education investments and a proposed $8,000 cap on cyber‑charter tuition; he gave line-item estimates for the district and urged local advocacy on uncertain federal funding.
Representative Fleming, a member of the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee, gave the Susquehanna Township School Board a 40‑minute briefing on the governor’s proposed 2025 state budget and what it would mean for the district.
Fleming said Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed state‑only budget totals about $51.47 billion and that roughly half of the commonwealth’s operating revenue is federal. He told the board the proposal would use part of the budget stabilization fund to close a roughly $1.6 billion state shortfall and cited proposed increases for education and human services. “The governor’s proposed budget is $51,470,000,000 — now this is a state spend only,” Fleming said.
He highlighted several education line items he said are in the proposal: a $75 million increase in basic education funding, about $526 million in Ready to Learn Block Grant funding (including new…
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