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Debate over publicly funded private school vouchers could push Pa. budget past June 30 deadline

Republicans who control the Pa. Senate and Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, have backed a voucher proposal known as the lifeline scholarship program.
By Stephen Caruso/SpotlightPA and Kate Huangpu/Spotlight PA

State’s top auditor says voucher program would devastate Harrisburg School District

Pennsylvania’s elected fiscal watchdog is warning a proposal in the state capitol could wreck a midstate school district’s already-precarious finances.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

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GOP leaders want to pilot private school vouchers in Harrisburg School District

The proposal would allow parents in Harrisburg to use as much as $8,200 in taxpayer money toward private school tuition.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads