{"id":1337,"date":"2026-06-21T22:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2026-06-21T22:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:10:42","slug":"with-a-city-funding-plan-in-place-mayor-parker-is-headed-to-harrisburg-for-help-to-shore-up-school-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1337","title":{"rendered":"With a city funding plan in place, Mayor Parker is headed to Harrisburg for help to shore up school finances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and other top leaders of the city government and the Philadelphia School District will travel to Harrisburg on Monday for a high-stakes trip aimed at securing millions of dollars in new funding for the financially strapped public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1335\">Strong storms and downpours Monday could affect Philly\u2019s next World Cup match<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Parker will spend much of the day advocating for increased public education dollars as state lawmakers hurtle toward their June 30 budget deadline. The mayor is slated to host an afternoon rally in the Capitol Rotunda alongside Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr., school board president Reginald L. Streater, and City Council President Kenyatta Johnson.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Their trip to the Capitol comes after weeks of tension among those same leaders, who earlier this month hammered out a city budget deal that was in large part centered on finding new funding for the school district, which is facing a $300 million structural deficit and had planned to cut more than 300 school-based staff positions.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Parker and school officials wanted the city to levy a $1-per-ride tax on rideshare services like Uber and Lyft to secure about $50 million a year in recurring funding, but Council rejected that plan, and instead voted on a one-time diversion of money to the district that came out of the existing city budget.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>City officials have pledged $216 million to the district over five years to keep funding the school workers, though the exact sources of that money is yet-to-be-determined.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Parker, who served in the state legislature for a decade before becoming a City Council member and then taking office as mayor in 2024, said when she announced the new funding plan that city leaders would be able to travel to Harrisburg \u201csaying we\u2019ve made tough decisions, we\u2019ve made sure we\u2019ve done our best to take care of our own, and we have a plan.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPhiladelphia is primed to travel to Harrisburg to advocate in unity to ensure that our children get access to the revenue that they deserve,\u201d she said, \u201cso that they can have a first-class school district here in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The mayor\u2019s message to lawmakers will be largely focused on securing capital dollars for the district\u2019s $3 billion plan to modernize 169 aging school buildings over the next decade. In April, the school board adopted its controversial facilities plan \u2014 which includes an intention to close 17 schools \u2014 with the goal of bringing in $2 billion of that money from state and philanthropic sources.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Finding that money in Harrisburg could be a tall task as the state faces its own multibillion-dollar budget shortfall. All 203 state representatives and half of the 50-member Senate are up for reelection this year, and many lawmakers gearing up to face voters in November are averse to broad-based tax increases aimed at juicing revenue. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1333\">A Delco man built a Harley in his dad\u2019s basement and could win $10,000 for it<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In addition, gridlock is commonplace in the divided legislature, where reaching a state budget deal has been a drawn-out and arduous process in recent years. Last year\u2019s bitter negotiations stalled for more than five months, leading to mass service disruptions statewide.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who is in the midst of his own reelection battle and is seen as a potential  contender for president, has also said that he is generally not looking to raise taxes. Leaders in Harrisburg last month rejected a separate proposal by Parker to raise the city\u2019s hotel tax to generate new funding for homelessness prevention programs.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>However, Shapiro has positioned himself as a champion of public education, and he proposed increasing the Philadelphia School District\u2019s general funding allocation to about $2.2 billion in the coming fiscal year, a $151 million increase over this year\u2019s amount.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Statewide, Shapiro called for an additional $565 million for public schools as part of the state\u2019s new \u201cadequacy funding\u201d formula, a multiyear plan developed to address the chronic underfunding of low-wealth school districts. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The formula was adopted in 2024 after a Commonwealth Court ruling that the state had for years unconstitutionally deprived some children of an adequate education by sustaining a funding plan largely reliant on local property tax dollars. Philadelphia is the only school district in the state that can\u2019t itself raise taxes. Instead, it depends on the city and state governments for funding.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Parker said earlier this month that despite her own tax proposal to fund the schools falling through, she intends to \u201ctake this fight on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe stand in unity with our legislative leaders in Harrisburg, our legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle, [and] we stand with our governor,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd we fight until the end to ensure that we do everything we possibly can to ensure that our school district has access to the resources that it needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1331\">2 people died and 2 others were injured after being shot in Philadelphia\u2019s Fairhill section<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parker, Superintendent Tony B. 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