Special needs student in Pennsylvania's charter schools are about to have their funding taken away through the cynical political maneuvering of pressure groups including PSEA (Pennsylvania State Education Association) and PASBA (Pennsylvania School Boards Association).
By establishing a new special education funding system which impoverishes charter schools, Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1316 and House Bill 2138 will make it impossible for charter schools to comply with federal IDEA guidelines.
Inevitably, the federal government will need to address the "separate and unequal" treatment of charter school students in Pennsylvania because desperate access to educational resources is unconstitutional.