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If you are contacted or become aware of anyone receiving threatening text messages—whether they contain threats of violence, enslavement, spitting, physical assault, or any other form of intimidation—please report this information immediately to the State Conference at naacppastateconference@gmail.com and include Anthony Ashton in the Office of the General Counsel at aashton@naacpnet.org.

 

You may also click here: https://pastatenaacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PA-NAACP-Complaint-Form-v2-1.pdf to complete a complaint form. In your email, attach any supporting photos or documents related to the incident. 
When received, the complaint will be shared with the appropriate local branch for further action or to ensure they are aware of the complaint.

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IN THE NEWS

Poorer districts win challenge to Pa. public school funding

By MARK SCOLFORO, MARC LEVY and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press
February 7, 2023, 5:26 PM
 
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge ruled Tuesday that the state’s system of funding public schools falls woefully short and violates students’ constitutional rights, siding with poorer districts in a lawsuit launched nearly a decade ago in pursuit of billions of dollars in additional annual aid.

Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer found that the state hasn’t fulfilled its constitutional obligations to students in the poorest school districts, writing in a nearly 800-page ruling that the state is violating those students’ rights to what should be a “comprehensive, effective, and contemporary” education.

 

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