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Committee member announces immediate halt to charter-school payments
Summary
At an East Allegheny SD committee meeting, a committee member announced an immediate stop to charter-school payments, citing state interest earnings and saying the district will not borrow to make the payments; the move was described as an administrative decision, not a recorded board vote.
A committee member at an East Allegheny SD meeting announced that the district will "effective immediately" stop making payments to charter schools, saying the district will not borrow to cover the payments and will join several Western Pennsylvania districts taking the same step.
The committee member (S2) said the district typically deducts charter payments from state subsidy "dollar for dollar," and that the decision reflects concerns about what S2 described as partisan political…
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