{"id":112874,"date":"2022-07-07T18:49:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T22:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112874"},"modified":"2022-07-07T23:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T03:01:26","slug":"mcneill-lauds-historic-education-funding-in-state-budget-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112874","title":{"rendered":"McNeill lauds historic education funding in state budget deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HARRISBURG, July 7 \u2013\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>State Rep. Jeanne McNeill said she applauds the historic $1.1 billion increase in education funding that was part of the bipartisan budget deal which passed the House of Representatives today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking investments in education means making investments in Pennsylvania\u2019s future and I am pleased to see such a truly historic investment in education in this year\u2019s state budget,\u201d said McNeill, D-Lehigh. \u201cThis funding will help ensure every student has a chance to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McNeill said these Basic Education Funding amounts will be awarded to the following school districts in the 133<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0Legislative District:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catasauqua Area School District &#8211; $5.29 million (7.0% increase over last year).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Salisbury Twp. School District &#8211; $3.14 million (14.7% increase over last year).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Whitehall-Coplay School District &#8211; $10.6 million (16.1% increase over last year).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>McNeill added other positive highlights in the state spending plan include $140 million for the Property Tax\/Rent Rebate Program and increased investments for long-term living and nursing facilities, as well as funding for clean streams, and water and sewer projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state budget process is never easy but spending plans like this one do not come that often. To be able to support these programs and still set aside funding in the state\u2019s Rainy Day Fund for emergencies means this is a great deal for Pennsylvania and I am proud to support it,\u201d said McNeill.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nThomas LeClair<br \/>\nHouse Democratic Communications Office<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, July 7 \u2013\u00a0\u00a0State Rep. Jeanne McNeill said she applauds the historic $1.1 billion increase in education funding that was part of the bipartisan budget deal which passed the House &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112874\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">McNeill lauds historic education funding in state budget deal<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rep-Jeanne-McNeill.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}