A judge declared Pa.’s K-12 public school funding system unconstitutional. What comes next?

By: Marley Parish

In what will likely be a lengthy and arduous task to uphold constitutional obligations by providing a “thorough and efficient” education system, the Legislature and Gov. Josh Shapiro must reform how the state funds K-12 public schools.

In a 786-page order issued on Tuesday, Commonwealth Court President Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer sided with the plaintiffs in a landmark trial that challenged the current school funding model, ruling that the General Assembly has not fulfilled its legal mandate and has deprived students in school districts with low property values and incomes of the same resources and opportunities as children in wealthier ones.

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