No State Budget May Mean Trouble For Schools

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some of Pennsylvania’s school districts may have to spend down their reserves or take out loans to open for the fall semester, because billions of dollars in state aid is being held up in a partisan stalemate. State payments that help finance schools normally start going out by the end of July. But this year a stalemate between Gov. Josh Shapiro and a politically divided Legislature appears sure to stretch well into August or beyond. Lawmakers are not scheduled to return to the Capitol until mid-September, but Senate leadership has said they may return earlier to wrap up.