The Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia will welcome new Board Members Sarah-Ashley Andrews and Chau Wing Lam to their first Action Meeting today. Ms. Andrews and Ms. Lam, who share a commitment to educational equity, were sworn in on June 28, 2022. “On behalf of the Board, I welcome our new…
The School District of Philadelphia Board of Education supports the Budget Bill, approved by the Pennsylvania House and Senate and signed by Governor Wolf, that will include a $525 million increase in basic education funding, the largest increase in Pennsylvania’s main subsidy for public schools. Not only will this benefit all public school districts in…
At its May 26th Action Meeting, the Board of Education approved the operating budget for the 2022-2023 school year. This operating budget increased by more than $175 million, reaching the highest level of investment in our schools and students since fiscal year 2011. A one-time infusion of federal funding from the American Recovery Plan Act…
