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Picture This! The Real Cost of Prison Expansion in front of Philadelphia High School for Business and Technology.

 

The HS for Business and Technology is one of eight schools that the Philadelphia School District is closing this year due to a $186 million budget gap. Last year, Governor Corbett slashed more than $276 million from Philadelphia schools - and $860 million from K-12 education statewide. This year, his proposed budget would take another $21 million from Philadelphia’s already strained schools.

 

In response to Governor Corbett’s continued de-funding of public education, Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission, led by Corbett-appointee Pedro Ramos, has proposed closing 64 schools over the next five years and handing control of many public schools to private management companies.

 

Today, students, teachers, parents and community members will rally in Harrisburg to demand that the state legislature adequately fund our schools. To join the call to Save Our Schools, tweet @GovernorCorbett, @PAHouseDems, @PAHouseGOP, @PaSenateDems & @PASenateGOP and demand that they fund schools, not prisons! Or call Governor Corbett’s office at 717-787-2500.

 

For more information on how Governor Corbett’s cuts to basic education funding are impacting your local school district, visit: www.psea.org/apps/budget/budgetimpact.aspx

 

For more on Decarcerate PA’s campaign, visit www.decarceratepa.info

 

 

 

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