Local school leaders are sure to be engaged when the 2022 Legislative Session starts Monday as education issues from Classroom funding to COVID 19 to Critical Race Theory and much more, has drawn the attention of Legislators.
The debate surrounding K – 12 funding will be under greater scrutiny than usual because Legislators want to see results as school districts receive the final installments of the six-year Gannon School Finance Plan. Many educational measures fell during the COVID pandemic, while schools faced deep divisions over health policies. Due to the COVID pandemic no state tests were given in 2020 and as expected, results fell lower for 2021 due to COVID related learning disruptions and other factors. The biggest decline was in math. Also, after rising every year for more than a decade, ACT test scores started to fall off in 2015, but fell dramatically the past two years, during the pandemic.
