A bill that would put Delaware County's Chester Upland and three other poor school districts in Pennsylvania under state oversight is a Band-Aid that won't cure the larger problem of inadequate state funding for all public schools.
School districts across the state are suffering to various degrees from Gov. Corbett's first budget, which ultimately resulted in an $860 million reduction in funding compared with what they received last year. The situation will only get worse under his budget proposal for next year, with its essentially flat funding for schools and elimination of a $100 million program that funds full-day kindergarten.
