* This Week's Update (6-17-13) -  House approves Republican budget bill, sends bill to Senate for consideration; Philadelphia SD sends layoff notices to nearly 3,800 staffers amid a bleak financial picture

* 2013-14 State Budget:  Click here for links to information.

* JUST RELEASED...  Results of the third annual PASA-PASBO Survey on School District Budgets have been released in a special report, "Third Consecutive Year of Cuts to Student Learning Opportunities As School District Finances Continue to Weaken."  The report shows that the financial condition of Pennsylvania's school districts continues to decline, setting off a third round of program and personnel cuts for the 2013-14 school year.   

• Click here (pdf) to read the press release. 

• Click here (pdf) to read the report.

* White Paper - Available on the PASA web site are the pdf versions of the White Paper Educational Efficiency in Pennsylvania: Data and Analysis (April 2011) and an Executive Summary.

* FYI - Other documents and issues for your review - Click here

* The PASA Flyer - online newsletter (archives) - Click here

Most recent testimony, position papers and letters:

• Testimony (pdf): School Safety

• Testimony (pdf): Online Education (HB 98)

• Letter (pdf): Pension Reform Proposal

• Letter (pdf): School Construction (PlanCon)

• Testimony (pdf): Cyber Charter Funding Reform

• Testimony (pdf): Mandate Waiver Program

• Testimony (pdf): Special Education

• Comments (pdf): Proposed Chapter 4 Regulations

• Letter (pdf): PlanCon Moratorium

• Testimony (pdf): Professional Discipline

• Testimony (pdf): Keystone Exams

* PASA Award Nominations: PASA is now accepting nominations for the 2013 PASA Awards of Achievement.  Click here for information.

* Superintendent of the Year: Nominations now are being accepted online for the 2014 PA Superintendent of the Year.  Click here for information.

* Upcoming meetings:   Women's Caucus Board meeting (June 7 - changeD from originally scheduled date of june 10)

* Click here for an overview of PASA's Professional Development Program for school administrators.  Upcoming programs include:

• Registration Open!  New Superintentendents' Academy Part 1 (Entry!) - July 16-17. Click here for information.

• Registration Open!  New Superintentendents' Academy Reunion Program - July 17-18. Click here for information.

• Registration Open!  Follow-Up Session for Education Congress - Aug. 8, Oct. 15, Dec. 10.  Click here for information.

• Registration Open!  PASA/PSBA Annual Leadership Conference - Oct. 15-18.  Click here for information.

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