Starting this Sunday, the newspapers and websites of Digital First Media in Pennsylvania will be debuting a yearlong editorial series focusing on what we believe to be one of the core issues facing the state: education funding and property taxes.
In advance of Gov. Tom Corbett's budget address on Tuesday, we'll set the table for our mission, to bring about constructive change in education funding - including a move away from the property tax as the basic building block of funding in the state.
We'll be looking for readers to offer ideas as well as we seek engagement with educators, our elected representatives and taxpayers in resolving a problem that has plagued homeowners in this state for decades.
At the same time, we will take up the call of those who for years have bemoaned what is clearly an uneven playing field when it comes to education funding in the state, with kids in areas with eroding tax bases facing a built-in hurdle to the same education as kids in areas with stable economies receive.
It starts on Sunday. We're calling this special series "The Keystones: Education Funding & Property Taxes."
Don't miss it in the Sunday Times as well as DelcoTimes.com.
Even better, after you've read the editorial, why not take part in the conversation. We await to hear what the governor has to say on this topic, as well as readers.
It all starts on Sunday.
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