Tell Senator Joe Picozzi to ensure adequate funding for every student to receive the education they deserve!
Send a message to Senator Joe Picozzi, encouraging him to fight for the children of northeast Philadelphia by insisting on a 2025-26 state budget that makes big investments in EVERY school in our community!
All our children deserve access to a strong foundational education that sets them up for success in career, college, or life.
Lawmakers are debating an education budget proposal budget proposal that would take important steps toward fixing Pennsylvania's unconstitutional school funding system and capping cyber charter reimbursement costs.
Send an email to Sen. Picozzi using the
tool on the right to express your support for the 2025-26 funding
proposal and encourage him to be a champion for the children, taxpayers,
and educators in our community by fighting for the plan and passing a
state budget that puts our kids first!
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING
Governor Shapiro's 2025-26 budget proposal takes important steps toward fixing Pennsylvania's unconstitutional school funding system and capping cyber charter reimbursement costs, which will provide huge relief for schools across the state, and especially for the school districts in the 5th Senatorial District, represented by Senator Joe Picozzi.
The budget proposal would bring $200 million in new state funds and savings to the School District Philadelphia, with more than $50.2 million in savings by establishing a statewide cyber charter tuition rate of $8,000 per student. Senator Picozzi's district serves about 19% of the students in public school in Philadelphia (including traditional public schools and brick-and-mortar charters). There are 31 neighborhood public and charter schools in Senator Picozzi's district, serving almost 34,000 public school students.
The School District of Philadelphia has an adequacy shortfall of $1.1 billion – $4,900 per student – and the schools located in Senator Picozzi's district have a shortfall of over $207 million.
If the 2025-2026 school funding proposal is enacted, Senator Picozzi's public schools would receive an increase of over $37 million in funds for adequacy, BEF, and cyber charter savings in the upcoming academic year. The entire School District of Philadelphia will receive almost $200 million in increases and savings.
Find out how YOUR local school district would benefit from the funding proposal:
https://paschoolswork.org/school-district-data/
Additional information about school funding in Pennsylvania:
https://paschoolswork.org/the-basics/
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