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		<title>Op-Ed: PA students with disabilities deserve better</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The York Dispatch ran an op-ed from the Education Law Center today, explaining the hold harmless provision of House Bill 704: PA_students_with_disabilities_deserve_better OP-ED: Pa. students with disabilities deserve better Updated: 07/15/2010 01:12:15 PM EDT There&#8217;s been a lot written recently about a piece of legislation that would create new state laws for special education funding and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reformspecialedfunding.org/2010/07/op-ed-pa-students-with-disabilities-deserve-better/</link>
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		<title>Reading Eagle: Changes to special ed funding needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good column on HB 704 from the Reading Eagle&#8216;s David Mekeel: David Mekeel: Changes to special ed-funding needed For two decades, public school districts have received state funding for special education the same way. State Rep. P. Michael Sturla hopes to change that. The Lancaster County Democrat has authored a bill that would fundamentally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reformspecialedfunding.org/2010/07/reading-eagle-changes-to-special-ed-funding-needed/</link>
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		<title>Special Education Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The state budget was finalized on time, much faster than anyone expected. Click here to read ELC&#8217;s budget analysis. State funding for special education was not cut for 2010-11. Every school district will get the same state funding it received in 2008-09 and 2009-10. Your advocacy on House Bill 704 deserves credit for protecting this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>York Dispatch: Special ed funding change passes in Pa. House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The York Dispatch&#8217;s Education Reporter Andrew Shaw published a story Monday on the House passage of HB 704: Special_ed_funding_change_passes_in_Pa._House Read the full story: Special ed funding change passes in Pa. House ANDREW SHAW &#124; The York Dispatch Updated:06/28/2010 01:04:41 PM EDT Special education funding reform is now before the state Senate after a bill that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: It&#8217;s about time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Special education funding reform is &#8220;long overdue,&#8221; says the Beaver County Times in their editorial from Sunday, June 27, 2010: It&#8217;s about time The state House has taken a first step toward revamping the funding formula for special education. While that is a positive step forward, getting to this point should not have been so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligencer Journal: Bill alters special-ed funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill alters special-ed funding Sunday, June 27, 2010 By BRIAN WALLACE, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal Staff Writer The state House has approved a new funding formula for special-education services, but the bill doesn&#8217;t include the mandated funding increases hoped for by some school officials and advocates for the disabled. In fact, the bill&#8217;s sponsor, state Rep. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reformspecialedfunding.org/2010/06/intelligencer-journal-bill-alters-special-ed-funding/</link>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Administrators hope bill will bring fairness to special education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HB 704 has gotten some press following its approval by the House.  Check back for more! Administrators hope bill will bring fairness to special education By Amy Crawford TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, June 24, 2010 A bill that would change the way state special education funding is distributed to school districts was approved by the House of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reformspecialedfunding.org/2010/06/pittsburgh-tribune-review-administrators-hope-bill-will-bring-fairness-to-special-education/</link>
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		<title>HB 704 passes House!  Your action and support still needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our bill for special education funding and accountability reform (House Bill 704) passed the whole State House of Representatives on June 23, 2010 by a vote of 173 to 25. Click here to see how your representative voted. Together, we made this happen when everyone else said it couldn’t.  Let’s keep working and see if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reformspecialedfunding.org/2010/06/hb-704-passes-your-action-and-support-still-needed/</link>
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		<title>You did it! Special Ed Victory.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Bill 704 received unanimous support on Tuesday, June 22 from the State House of Representatives – 199 to 0.  Click here to see the vote totals. This was not the final passage of the bill, but was something called “second consideration.”  However, Tuesday’s vote was the biggest hurdle.  And you did it! The vote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reformspecialedfunding.org/2010/06/you-did-it-special-ed-victory/</link>
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		<title>Op-Ed: Education bill needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An excellent Op-Ed from Greg Knox of the Arc appeared in Sunday&#8217;s York Daily Record: Education bill needed GREG KNOX Elected officials in Harrisburg are demonstrating that they certainly can act as responsible public servants. In a time of political turmoil, that&#8217;s a very good sign. What is bringing out the best in our leaders [...]]]></description>
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