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The academy began to allow more discretion in punishing honor code violations after the 1976 scandal.

While COVID-19 has greatly affected the economy, it was already in flux before the pandemic hit.

Under this latest plan, educators and staff will not be moved into Phase 1a, which would make them eligible for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

Currently, about 30 percent of Pennsylvania's K-12 schools, which serve half the total student population, are learning entirely remotely.

“For generations, our teachers, guidance counselors, nurses, students, and school staff have been sent into buildings where they can get brain damage because of chipped paint, or cancer because of asbestos.”

"If you change the six-foot rule and it was only three feet with distancing, or four feet, we could bring back more in-person learning, because of the physical space."

The funds would allow schools to upgrade things like HVAC and ventilation systems. It would also offer funds to help expand access to reliable, high-speed broadband, in districts that can’t afford it.

“We are opposed to a one-shot federal fund replacing needed state dollars for schools."

The proposal would increase the state’s personal income tax from 3.07% to 4.49% in the next fiscal year.

PCCY’s report found that the two-thirds of Pennsylvania school districts where enrollment has shrunk over the last thirty years receive far more funding per pupil from the state than the others that have grown.