In 2001 Governor Ridge increased mandatory funding for all state employee pensions,
including teachers. Each year since 2003, the Souderton School Board chose to delay
full payment, knowing all along that this money would have to be paid in the future.
Now the State mandated payments are due.
The recently elected school board directors promised to “attract the best and brightest
teachers…by keeping class sizes small and giving teachers the classroom resources they
need” to provide an excellent education. Yet they also made it clear that they did not
want to raise taxes.
All of the School Board members are now faced with a big problem.
Where will the funds come from?
Tax hikes? Program cuts? Both?
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