Pennsylvania’s budget impasse is forcing schools to cut programmes, and freeze hiring: Here’s what’s happening
Four months into a budget impasse, public schools across Pennsylvania are quietly running out of options. Administrators say they are freezing recruitment, trimming after-school programmes, and borrowing millions just to keep classrooms open. These measures are hitting the state’s poorest districts hardest.The prolonged stalemate has left state funds, including billions earmarked for K-12 education, locked…