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Clarion-Limestone School District Facing Funding Crisis

The Clarion-Limestone School District is facing a critical state funding shortfall. As a result of a change in the state's funding formula, the Clarion-Limestone School District will receive only a 1.9% increase in basic education funding. Meanwhile, costs for fuel, energy, and health care have spiraled far in excess of the 1.9% funding increase, and the state continues to add mandated programs that the District must maintain.

We urge you to download the letters linked below and sign and forward them to your elected representatives, whose names and addresses are also listed below.. Please let them know that a 1.9% funding increase is unacceptable and that our students deserve the same educational advantages enjoyed by their peers in other parts of Pennsylvania.

The House Appropriations Committee Hearing on Education is scheduled for March 3 at 2:00 in the Majority Caucus Room on the first floor of the Capitol. The Senate hearing is scheduled for March 5, at 9:00 in Hearing Room I of the North Office Building.

Funding Letter in Microsoft Word

Funding Letter as Webpage

THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY LEGISLATORS TO BE CONTACTED BECAUSE OF THEIR AFFILIATION:

Hon. Jess M. Stairs (Representative 59th District)
43A East Wing
P.O. Box 202059
Harrisburg, PA  17120-2059
(717) 783-9311
http://www.jstairs.com


Senator James J. Rhoades (Senator 29th District)
362 Capitol Building
Senate Box 203029
Harrisburg, PA  17120-3029
(717) 787-2637
http://www.senatorrhoades.com



Senator Joseph B. Scarnati III ( Senator 25th District)
292 Capitol Building
Senate Box 203025
Harrisburg, PA  17120-3205
(717) 787-7084
http://www.senatorscarnati.com/


Hon. Samuel H. Smith (State Representative 66th District)
423 Main Capitol Building
P.O. Box 202066
Harrisburg, PA  17120-2066
(717) 787-3845
http://www.samsmithpahouse.com

Others:

Governor Edward Rendell
Main Capitol Office
225 Main Capital Building
Harrisburg, PA 1 7120-0002

 
Catherine Baker Knoll
Lieutenant Governor
Main Capitol Office
200 Main Capital Building
Harrisburg, PA  17120-0002
 
Gerald Zahorchak
Secretary of Education
Department of Education
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA  17126-0333
 
Senator Mary Jo White
613 Main Street
Clarion, PA  16214
http://www.senatormjwhite.com
 
Representative Fred McIlhattan
160 S. 2nd Avenue
Suite 1
Clarion, PA  16214
http://www.fredmcilhattan.com