• Non-profit helping keep Pa. kids in school: The non-profit organization, Communities in Schools of Pennsylvania , uses a three tired system to discover the needs of children. Director of Central PA program for Communities in Schools of Pennsylvania, Angelica DeSantiago, explained some high schoolers drop out because they need to provide for the family however, there are more barriers than that. ( Source: ABC 27 )
• Lancaster residents ask city to consider legal camp sites: Tuesday night, about 70 people showed up to the city council meeting, urging officials to set up legal camping spaces, instead of enacting encampment sweeps. Encampment sweeps became an issue when officials threatened to sweep an encampment site on Martha Avenue. ( Source: LNP )
• Commissioners vote on extra $400,000 for homeless services: Wednesday, Lancaster commissioners will vote on an additional $406,000 in state grant money to help unhoused people. The money comes from the Pennsylvania’s Human Services Block Grant and would go to the Lancaster County Homelessness Coalition. ( Source: LNP )
• Funding of state universities based on performance taken into consideration: Tuesday, lawmakers, university administrators, and the head of the Department of Education listened to the possibilities of funding state related universities, in some part, based on performance and academic outcomes. Last summer the General Assembly created, The Performance-Based Funding Council, to make recommendations on a performance-based funding formula by, the end of April. ( Source: Capital Star )
• Could more money be on the way for impoverished Pa. schools: Last summer, Pa. lawmakers passed a budget, to address the $4.5 billion “adequacy gap” in funding the commonwealths poorest schools. They put about $500 million towards the goal budget, but as new legislative session begins advocates try to make sure there are no delays. ( Source: Spotlight PA )
• Nation/world: Pam Bondi senate hearing ( Source: NBC News ) Trump will inherit inflation ( Source: NBC News ) Impeached South Korean President Yoon detained ( Source: UPI ) Sen. Marco Rubio confirmation hearing ( Source: UPI ) Israel and Hamas, Gaza ceasefire deal ( Source: BBC News )