Issue Position: Fair Funding for Education

Issue Position

Pennsylvania is one of only three states without a state funding formula for education. As a school board member, Joe Ciresi sees firsthand how the state underfunds school districts in western Montgomery County. No Montgomery County school district receives more than a third of its budget from the state, with Spring-Ford and Perkiomen Valley receiving less than 20% each. Meanwhile, the statewide average is 56% and some school districts in the rest of the state receive over 70% of their budgets from the state. This disparity and underfunding of our schools unfairly raises property taxes in our district. Joe Ciresi will fight for a fair funding formula that allocates state money based on actual need, which would result in millions of dollars more to every local school district, reducing property taxes and improving educational outcomes for our children.

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