Philly leaders are demanding money to repair schools in new Pa. budget

June 23, 2023

As negotiations over the state budget heat up, Philadelphia lawmakers and officials say funds to fix the city’s aging, toxic schools rank as a top priority.

At a news conference Friday at South Philadelphia High School, the school district’s superintendent, City Council members and union leaders joined State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D., Philadelphia) in support of a proposal to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into school facilities.