Pennsylvania Cyber Charter Schools Concerned About Nearly $200M Funding Cut in State Budget

What does Pennsylvania’s new budget mean for K-12 schools?

The state Capitol building in downtown Harrisburg on October 14, 2025. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star)A number of changes to K-12 school policy and funding are included in Pennsylvania’s 2025-2026 budget.  Primarily, they’re based around increasing oversight of cyber charter schools, increasing the amount of money doled out through the state’s adequacy formula and recruiting and retaining teachers as the commonwea…

Pennsylvania cyber charter schools concerned about nearly $200M funding cut in state budget

Although Pennsylvania finally passed its $50 billion budget on Wednesday, not everyone is happy with what’s in that bill.

Reactions to state budget pour in from cyber charter schools, education advocates

HARRISBURG — After both houses of the General Assembly passed a $50.1 billion budget, reactions poured in from advocates and institutions alike for the changes to education funding.

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Harrisburg, PA – November 12, 2025 − Senator Marty Flynn applauds the General Assembly’s passage of the 2025-2026 Pennsylvania state budget, emphasizing that it keeps taxes level and provides relief for working families while strengthening education, childcare and food security programs. The budget delivers on Democrats’ promise of no tax increases and delivers tax cuts for nearly one million Pennsylvanians through the new Working Pennsylvanians…