Pa. officials spent $12.6M on private lawyers to fight challenge to state’s education funding

The state wants school districts to use $32 million from this year’s Pennsylvania budget to lower the tax burden for local residents.

School choice vouchers could be part of the budget being negotiated in Pennsylvania. They’re controversial, and decades of studies show they have mixed results.

Jay-Z’s company Roc Nation is funding informational events to get Philadelphians on board with using taxpayer money for private school vouchers.