Stalled School Legislation Advances In House

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — School-funding legislation is on the move in Pennsylvania to send millions more to subsidize private school tuition and create a student-teacher stipend. The bill passed the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday and heads to the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. Under the bill, the state would expand a tax credit program that subsidizes private school tuition by $130 million to $470 million. And it seeks to encourage more college students to become teachers by creating a program to give a stipend of up to $15,000 to student teachers. The legislation also ties up some loose ends of a months-old budget dispute for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.