State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10th dist.) and Reps. Perry Warren (D-31st dist.) and John Galloway (D-140th dist.) announced that Morrisville Borough School District will receive $500,000 in supplemental funding from the state Department of Education.
In 2019, Santarsiero, Warren and Galloway were able to secure an agreement by the state to provide the district with a total of $1 million in supplemental funding. The supplemental funding was needed to help the district overcome budget shortfalls created, in part, the lawmakers argue, because for many years Morrisville has not received its fair share in funding from the state under Pennsylvania’s basic education funding formula.
The first $500,000 of that money was released in 2019. This payment represents the remainder of the supplemental funding under that agreement.
“This funding for Morrisville School District helps meet a critical need to support the district in providing quality education to all students,” Santarsiero said. “These funds will ensure the district can continue to meet the needs of its students and faculty, as it works to protect the health and safety of its teachers and students amid the ongoing pandemic. As I have said many times before, I am a strong advocate for increasing funding for Morrisville School District by fixing the state funding formula, which unfairly shortchanges the district. I will continue to work with my House colleagues to make those changes, because every student in Morrisville deserves access to a great education.”
Since 2015, Morrisville School District and its elected officials in the House and Senate have been working with the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf to provide Morrisville’s schools with $1 million in supplemental funding each fiscal year to help close the gap. In May, Santarsiero, Warren and Galloway sent a letter to Wolf requesting supplemental funding for Morrisville School District, while requesting a review of the funding formula used to allocate state funds to the district.
