The following is a letter to the editor that I wrote, which
appeared in the November 2, 2015 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer, in which
I discussed how the Pennsylvania budget impasse is hurting non-public schools:
ISSUE - BUDGET IMPASSE
Schools in jeopardy
As the longest budget impasse in Pennsylvania history drags on, the
reverberations of the gridlock are widely felt. The stalemate has been
devastating for the quarter-million children in nonpublic schools.
If the budget is not passed soon, nonpublic schools will lose an
entire year of Educational Improvement Tax Credit and Opportunity Scholarship
Tax Credit funding, which provides scholarships for low- and middle-income
families. Losing this critical funding would be catastrophic. Schools may be
forced to close their doors, and our students will be yet another casualty of
the budget standoff.
Our children have become collateral damage in a partisan budget
battle, and the impact on Pennsylvania’s nonpublic schools is tangible and
terrifying. Our schools and students cannot afford to be deprived of these
essential education dollars.
The time for talk is over; it is time for action. Let’s pass a
budget, and quickly. Our children’s futures depend on it.
N. Aaron Troodler, Bala Cynwyd
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