State budget impasse, proposed bills could delay funding and new rules for Chester‑Upland, board told

Board member Dr. Tazma Morales told the Chester‑Upland School District committee of the whole that the Pennsylvania state budget remains stalled, and that delay is preventing the district from receiving state and federal education funds.

"We still don't have a state budget. At this point, it's considered an impasse because it's so delayed," Dr. Tazma Morales said. She told the committee that some federal dollars that had been frozen have since been released but cannot be received by districts while there is no state‑approved budget.

That funding interruption matters because federal and state disbursements tied to district budgets are not flowing while lawmakers negotiate unresolved issues, Morales said. "Because we don't have a past budget in the state, we can't even receive those funds because it requires us to have a state approved budget," she said.

Morale…