SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It has now been 109 days since Pennsylvania’s budget was due, and the impasse is causing a severe strain on organizations and programs that rely on state funding to stay afloat, including public schools.
The Scranton School District has been forced to implement a spending freeze, cutting enrichment programs like professional development for teachers, after-school tutoring for students, and field trips.
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This has allowed them to focus their spending on the essentials.
“With our biweekly payroll, with our benefits, with just utilities and keeping the doors open, we’re barely going to make it to the end of the year and, um, it’s very, very worrisome at this point,” stated Erin Keating, Superintendent, Scranton School District.
Officials with the district say 67% of their yearly budget comes from federal and state subsidies.
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