Local Schools Talk of State Budget Impact from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Municipal and school officials painted a bleak picture for state lawmakers on Tuesday of crowded classrooms, buckling roads and struggling hospitals following deep cuts in state funding in this year's budget. School district superintendents testified before the state House Democratic Policy Committee during a hearing at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus that some of their middle and high school classes have as many as 35 students. They can't afford to buy enough computers or to update textbooks. They've consolidated sports teams and trimmed student programs."