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Bill would give parents front-row seat to what students are being taught in Pa. schools

Bill would give parents front-row seat to what students are being taught in Pa. schools
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Bill advances requiring Pa. school districts to open up classrooms to homeschoolers

Bill advances requiring Pa. school districts to open up classrooms to homeschoolers
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Rep. Jesse Topper, R-Bedford County, (center) says his bill would require school districts to allow home-educated students to take up to four academic courses and participate in co-curricular activities in their home school district.
April 19, 2021
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Homeschool students could get more educational and co-curricular opportunities in public schools under a bill that is advancing in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
A bill, sponsored by Rep. Jesse Topper, R-Bedford County, would require school districts to allow a student who resides in their district and is enrolled in a home education program to take up to four academic courses in the district. It also would allow a home educated student to participate in activities such as band or orchestra that have an academic class attached to ....

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Southwestern Pa. lawmakers collected $145K in per diems during pandemic

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The payments, known as “per diems,” have long been criticized as an unnecessary largesse for the country’s largest full-time legislature, which pays the third-highest salaries for state lawmakers in the country.
A Spotlight PA analysis of legislative records found lawmakers requested and received $726,877 from the beginning of March as the pandemic emerged through the end of 2020 as reimbursement for lodging and meals while traveling to and from the Capitol or other meetings across the state.
Rep. Mark Longietti, D-Mercer County, pocketed the most per-diem money at $24,115, followed by Rep. Chris Sainato, D-Lawrence County.
Southwestern Pennsylvania lawmakers requested and received about $145,000 combined. Here’s a rundown of who got how much: ....

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