05/22/2022
At a spirited Thursday rally for school funding at the Key School in Philadelphia, ELC executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr said this:
"It’s time that our legislative leaders take their constitutional responsibility seriously and finally ensure a thorough and efficient system of public education where all of our children have access to quality public education. Our current system is disproportionately harming PA’s Black and Brown students and students living in poverty. In PA the students who need the most get the least based on where they live. That’s unconstitutional. And our case has the potential to change the trajectory for generations of students in Pennsylvania! But the legislature doesn’t have to wait for a court decision. The time to act is now. In this year’s budget, the legislature must adequately and equitably fund public education."
https://pasenate.com/hughes-fiedler-rally-with-educators-for-full-school-funding/