WB Area officials: Education funding ruling ‘monumental,' ‘historic'
WILKES-BARRE — After eight years of legal wrangling, COVID-19 delays and a lengthy trial, a Pennsylvania judge handed down what could be a transfor...
WILKES-BARRE — After eight years of legal wrangling, COVID-19 delays and a lengthy trial, a Pennsylvania judge handed down what could be a transformative ruling Tuesday regarding state money for public education, siding with advocacy organizations, individuals and school districts — including Wilkes-Barre Area — that had joined to sue the state with a claim that the current funding system violates the state Constitution. 'Today's decision declaring Pennsylvania's school funding system unconstitutional is a historic victory,' Wilkes-Barre Area Superintendent Brian Costello said via email after the ruling.