In 2014 a group of plaintiffs sued to equalize funding in Pennsylvania schools. The plaintiffs were six school districts, (including Panther Valley in Carbon County), the NAACP, and the PA Association of Rural and Small Schools). They said the unequal funding now in place violated the State Constitution. In February of this year they finally won their case.
The Republicans in the legislature, friends of the wealthier school districts and charter schools, opposed the ruling. They had until this week to file an appeal. They didn’t, so the decision stands. The state legislature is obligated to come up with a funding mechanism to equalize spending.
So far, nothing. State Representative Doyle Heffley, who represents Nesquehoning, Lansford, and Summit Hill, all in the Panther Valley School district, has introduced no bills. He should be a leader on this issue. And it is time for parents and residents and students of the Panther Valley School district to make some noise.
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