HARRISBURG, February 27, 2012 – At today’s Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing,Democratic Appropriations Chair Vincent Hughes (D-Phila./Montgomery) questioned Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Ronald Tomalis about the potential impact of Governor Tom Corbett’s $400 million in proposed education budget cuts.

“There is no doubt that Corbett’s school funding plan will force even greater hardships on many Pennsylvania school districts, parents and students,” Hughes said. “This plan would force more local tax increases, program cuts and spikes in class sizes.

“In addition, the governor and education department officials continue to be evasive about the total dollars that are being cut and how the budget cuts impact financially strapped districts that are now struggling to pay their bills and stave off insolvency.”
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