The Commonwealth Foundation is pleased to invite you to our next Policies & Principles Luncheon.

Legislators, legislative staff, policy specialists, business leaders, media, and
interested citizens and organizations are cordially invited to attend.

Pennsylvania’s Edifice Complex:
Public School Spending & Cyber Schools
 
featuring

Robert Maranto, PhD
Associate Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
 
Greg White
President, Greg White Consulting

Pennsylvania taxpayers spend over $21 billion annually on K-12 public schools, including over $2 billion on construction and debt.  These costs continue to drive up property taxes for homeowners, yet some lawmakers and many public school officials are blaming cyber schools—which account for only 0.5% of total K-12 spending and educate students for far less per-pupil than school districts—for escalating school taxes. 
 
Dr. Robert Maranto, professor at Villanova and adjunct scholar at the Commonwealth Foundation, will discuss Edifice Complex: Where Has All the Money Gone?, a report on Pennsylvania’s public school spending and cyber schools.  Greg White, Education Policy Director under Governor Tom Ridge, will provide an inside perspective on school funding and the role cyber schools and other schools of choice play in Pennsylvania’s K-12 system.  
 

          DATE:    Tuesday, April 29th
           TIME:    12:00 p.m.
LOCATION:    Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Building
                          225 State St., Harrisburg

Legislators, legislative staff, policy specialists, business leaders,  media, and
interested citizens and organizations are cordially invited to attend.

There is no charge to attend this event. 
Reservations are requested by April 25. 

Complimentary lunch will be served.

For more information or to RSVP, please email Info@CommonwealthFoundation.org or call 717.671.1901.