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Tri-State Area School Study Council University of Pittsburgh Windows of Opportunity; Prioriti ritizin zing Public lic Educati cation on in Harrisburg sburg and d Washingt hington. n. March 8, 2019 Jonathan Berger, Director of
Tri-State Area School Study Council University of Pittsburgh Windows of Opportunity;
Prioriti ritizin zing Public lic Educati cation
sburg and d Washingt hington. n.
March 8, 2019
■ Jonathan Berger, Director of Government Affairs, PSBA ■ Mark DiRocco, Executive Director, PASA
Federal Update Issues on the National Ed. Agenda
Counties, Impact Aid)
Act
Education Act
Block Grants
‘education’: Farm Bill, Affordable Care Act, Telecommunications Act, et…..
■ Split Congress: D’s hold the House, R’s hold the Senate
On the House side: OVERSIGHT, OVERSIGHT, OVERSIGHT ■ Expect them to look into ESSA oversight and implementation ■ Hearings on regulatory action re discipline, transgender and Title IX work Other topics: ■ DACA/Family Separation ■ Infrastructure ■ Student Data and Privacy
On the Horizon 2019
reached this point on the LHHS bill (which funds education, among other programs).
Services (LHHS), a bill to fund defense, and a bill that would provide a continuing resolution (CR) for the remaining portions of government through December 7.
budget received an $18+ billion increase.
federal budget, and if the overall NDD increase had been allocated an equitable share, the LHHS increase would have been more than $5 billion.
LHHS which resulted in nominal increases to a handful of education programs.
Funding Federal Year 2019
al bill provides des a $581 m increa ease se in fundi ding ng for USED, D, bringi nging ng the tota tal to nearly $71. 1.5 5 billion.
privat atizati ization
ties, es, as well as proposed
m eliminati inations
proposal sal to consoli solidat date e USED D with h the Depar artme tment nt of Labor
king ng a few key programs, ms, here are some e that t receiv ived ed increases ases
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21st
st Centur
tury, $10m
mpact ct Aid, $32m
ns Career er & Techni nical cal Educat ation ion, $95m; and
Head Start, t, $200 m
Perkin erkins s CTE TE Rea eauthori uthorizati zation
■ In July the House and Senate passed Perkins V, the newest reauthorization of the Perkins CTE Act ■ It was a bipartisan process, but not one that contained a lot of sound policy changes ■ New things
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Pub ublic lic Loss, s, Priv ivat ate e Ga Gain: n: How School
ucher er Tax x Shelt lter ers s Und Undermine ermine Public lic Educati cation
AASA and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) identified how state and federal tax policy promotes the privatization of education funding, while simultaneously draining public coffers to enable savvy taxpayers to turn a profit. Seventeen states divert a total of over $1 billion per year toward private schools via school voucher tax credits such as PA’s EITC Program. When combined with a federal tax loophole, nine of these states’ credits are so lucrative that they allow some upper income taxpayers to turn a profit (at federal taxpayer expense) on contributions they make to fund private school vouchers, all while leaving less resources available for federal investments in education. Simply put, wealthy taxpayers are benefiting from a federally sanctioned voucher tax shelter.
■ The I Impro rovi ving ng Medica caid in Sch chools Ac Act - would reduce administrative obstacles to billing Medicaid ■ STOP treating school districts like they are hospitals and clinics ■ Small and rural districts much less likely to participate in Medicaid due to 1) inability to take
healthcare provider for provision of services and 3) inability to afford a third-party biller to handle paperwork. ■ Solution: streamline the Medicaid program paperwork to ensure districts of all sizes can capacities can participate in the program and guarantee more equitable participation in Medicaid program by rural/small districts. ■ Simplify the reimbursement stream; open districts up to partnerships with Managed Care Organizations and reduce unnecessary red-tape and confusion
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E-Rate Funding Remains Available, Underutilized!
As the largest education technology program in the country, the Schools and Libraries program (E-rate) has transformed Internet access in our nation’s schools. However, with digital learning opening new opportunities for students and teachers, schools and libraries must continue to utilize the program to prepare their networks for the future -- and we want to help. In 2014 the E-rate program made changes such as:
meaningful funding both Category 1 (internet access) and Category 2 (internal networking). Since the changes, 83% of schools accessed Category 2 funding in 2018 (up from 15% in 2015) and twenty million more students have access to the minimum connectivity needed to take advantage of digital learning (Source: EducationSuperHighway).
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E-Rate e Fundi ding R g Rem emain ins Avail ilable le, , Und Under erutil iliz ized ed!
Still, more than $1 billion in E-rate funding is left on the table each year. With the possibility that Category 2 funding may expire after this funding year, now is the time for districts that have funding remaining to apply. To understand your available Category 2 budget, find your school district on Compa pare & Connect nnect K-12, or visit it the USAC C budg dget et tool. If your district has remaining funds, we encourage you to meet with your technology staff to make sure you can take advantage before they expire. With the E-rate 471 filing window set to close on March ch 27, 2019, school districts must get started now to meet all required deadlines.
ESSA UPDATE Future Ready PA Index: CSI, A-TSI, TSI
CSI: I: Com
prehensiv nsive e Sch chool
ement
■ Lowest performing = 5% of schools receiving Title I Funds or any high school with a graduation rate of 67% or less. ■ Four-Year Cohort (First Year for Planning, Year 2-4 for Improvement Plan Implementation). ■ Approximately 100 schools identified.
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Future Ready PA Index: CSI, A-TSI, TSI
Tar arge geted ed School chool Improvement ement
SI (Additional Targeted School Improvement): Beginning 2018, Four-year
Cohort same as CSI Schools - Approximately 200 schools identified
I (Targeted School Improvement): Beginning Fall 2019 – Announced Annually –
Could be more than 200 schools Any school as a whole or with a subgroup within that school which scores at or below the CSI Level or any high school with a graduation rate of 67% or less. Studen ent t Groups: s: (Any studen dent t group with 20 or more studen dents ts) ) Asian, Black, Hispanic, Multi Racial, Native American/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, White, Economically Disadvantaged, English Learners and Students with Disabilities
Identifying Ineffective Teachers
Transitioning from Highly Qualified under NCLB to identifying the following categories of teachers: 1.
ective – (Methodology will be provided by PDE)
formula.
2.
Field ld – (Teachers teaching without appropriate certification) 3.
xperienced ienced – (Non-tenured or less than 3 years experience)
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ESSA Financial Reporting…
18-19 school
r: Expenditure data will inform LEA- and school-level reporting by PDE
h 2019: Publication of instructions, list of approved exclusions and FAQs
ember er 2019: LEA reporting of FY 2018-19 data to PDE (AFR submission)
Decembe mber r 2019: Initial reporting of FY 2018-19 data
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Sta tate e Up Updat date
Who says, “the legislature never changes”
Incumbents who did not return:
Delaware)
Allegheny)
Montgomery)
Lackawanna)
Montgomery)
Delaware)
Philadelphia)
# Member ers R 121 D 82 Diff R +39
2019 PA House Membership*
# Member ers R 110 D 91 Diff R +19
# Memb mber ers R 34 D 16 Diff R +18
# Member ers R 29 D 21 Diff R +8
What does this change mean?
not translate to tenure.
President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati
Leadersh ship ip Posit itio ion Majorit ity Minorit ity Floor Leader Jake Corman Jay Costa Whip John R. Gordner Anthony H. Williams Caucus Chair Bob Mensch Wayne D. Fontana Caucus Secretary Richard L. Alloway II Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. Appropriations Chair Patrick M. Browne Vincent J. Hughes Caucus Administrator Kim L. Ward John P. Blake Policy Comm. Chair David G. Argall Lisa M. Boscola
Speaker Mike Turzai
Leadership Position Majority Minority Leader Bryan Cutler Frank Dermody Whip Kerry A. Benninghoff Jordan A. Harris Caucus Chair Marcy Toepel Joanna E. McClinton Caucus Secretary Mike Reese Rosita C. Youngblood Appropriations Chair Stan Saylor Matthew D. Bradford Caucus Administrator Kurt A. Masser Neal P. Goodman Policy Committee Chair Donna Oberlander
New Education Committee Chairs
■ Senator Ryan Aument (Lancaster)
■ Representative Curtis Sonney (Erie)
education programs will not pay cyber charter costs.
■ Educat cation ion fu funding ing incr crease ases s (BEF EF, , SEF, , CTE) ■ Prope
ty tax reform
■ School hool safety ety and secur urity ty fu fund nding ng ■ PlanCon nCon ■ Char arter er school hool refor
■ Act 82 refor
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(In Thousands) usands) 2018 18-19 9 Budge get 2019-20 20 Gov Propose
Differe erenc nce Basic Education $6,095,079 $6,537,078 $441,999 Ready to Learn $268,000 $8,001 ($259,999) Special Education $1,136,815 $1,186,815 $50,000 Early Intervention $299,500 $314,500 $15,000 Pre-K Counts $192,284 $232,284 $40,000 Head Start $59,178 $69,178 $10,000 Pensions $2,487,500 $2,648,000 $160,500 Social Security $541,205 $552,327 $11,122 Transportation $549,097 $549,097 $0 $0 Nonpublic/Charter Transp $80,009 $79,442 ($567) Teacher Prof Develop $5,309 $5,959 $650 Career & Technical Ed $92,000 $102,000 $10,000
40.1% 37.6% 59.9% 62.4% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70%
Shares of Education Revenue (Percentages) Since 1993-94
State % Local %
$4.4 $11.4 $6.5 $19.0 $0 $2 $4 $6 $8 $10 $12 $14 $16 $18 $20 Billions
Shares of Education Revenues (in Dollars) Since 1993-94
State Local
90% State 60% Local
PA Ranks 6th in terms of Local Share
60%
80% State 80% Local
PA Ranks 9th nationally $15,418
2019-20 Governor’s Budget Proposal ■ $6,537,077,489
year?
Descr scrip iption tion Amount
Total BEF Line Item Increase $441,998,496 Transfer from Ready-to-Learn ($241,998,487) BEF Base Adjustments ($20,000,000) Minimum Salary Increase ($13,880,843) “New Money” $166,119,166 Total BEF Going Thru Formula $704,786,400 $200 Million increase $538 Million currently in formula Allentown City, Scranton, East Allegheny, Wilke-Barre, Pottsville
2019-20 BEF allocation are divided into four parts:
2018-19
■ Formula factors not set until June
than 2018-19
Increases since the formula’s implementation - Rural – 6.0% Urban – 12.9% Suburban – 9.8%
special education formula
$1,010 $1,027 $1,027 $1,027 $1,027 $1,027 $1,027 $1,047 $1,077 $1,097 $1,122 $1,137 $1,187
$900 $950 $1,000 $1,050 $1,100 $1,150 $1,200 $1,250 Millions
State Special Education Funding
$2.54 $2.70 $2.86 $3.06 $3.23 $3.29 $3.48 $3.72 $3.91 $4.17 $4.46 $4.71 $4.99 $1.42 $1.42 $1.44 $1.47 $1.45 $1.46 $1.46 $1.46 $1.50 $1.53 $1.57 $1.59 $1.61 $0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 2006-07 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11 2010-11 2011-12 2011-12 2012-13 2012-13 2013-14 2013-14 2014-15 2014-15 2015-16 2015-16 2016-17 2016-17 2017-18 2017-18* 2018-19 2018-19* Billions
Special Education Appropriations vs. Expenditures
State SE Funding Federal SE Funding SE Expenses**
*Expenses for 2017-18 and 2018-19 estimated based on avg annual increase in expenditures over the previous 10 years of 5.8%. ** Special education expenses do not include gifted support, early intervention, and other services that students may require.
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21%
7%
7% total increase
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Increasing at 6.1%/year Increasing at 6.7%/year +$1.25 billion from 11-12
Governor Wolf’s budget proposal
Employees’ Retirement funding
school district contributions
12.4% 0.5% 11.8%
72.4% 418.6%
45% 95% 145% 195% 245% 295% 345% 395% 445% US Inflation Rate All Other Expenses Other Purchased Services Salaries Charter School Tuition Pensions
Growth in Expenses - 2010-11 to 2016-17
PROJECTED EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATES AND TOTAL EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS * (Presumes a 7.25% rate of return) Fiscal Year Ending June Total Employer Contribution Rate % Projected Total Employer Contribution (thousands) 01/02 1.09 $95,000 10/11 5.64 $560,000 18/19 33.43 $4,604,983 19/20 34.29 $4,759,452 20/21 34.77 $4,893,773 21/22 35.19 $5,028,333 22/23 35.84 $5,206,090 23/24 36.30 $5,364.341
PSERS ERS Contrib tributi ution
tinu nues es to Weigh h Hea eavy vy
On School
strict rict Budge gets ts
11.86 10.46 9.96 9.22 8.84 9.32 9.06 9.26 9.90 9.90 9.90 9.90 10.66 10.66 11.04 11.70 13.31 13.31 13.31 13.31 15.00 15.00 16.00 17.06 19.31 20.04 19.90 19.54 19.27 19.68 19.18 14.9 14.24 13.17 11.06 11.72 10.6 8.76 6.04 4.61 1.94 1.09 1.15 3.77 4.23 4.69 6.46 7.13 4.76 4.78 5.64 8.65 12.36 16.93 21.40 25.84 30.03 32.57 33.43 34.29 34.77 35.19 35.84 36.30 36.77
60- 61 61- 62 62- 63 63- 64 64- 65 65- 66 66- 67 67- 68 68- 69 69- 70 70- 71 71- 72 72- 73 73- 74 74- 75 75- 76 76- 77 77- 78 78- 79 79- 80 80- 81 81- 82 82- 83 83- 84 84- 85 85- 86 86- 87 87- 88 88- 89 89- 90 90- 91 91- 92 92- 93 93- 94 94- 95 95- 96 96- 97 97- 98 98- 99 99- 00 00- 01 01- 02 02- 03 03- 04 04- 05 05- 06 06- 07 07- 08 08- 09 09- 10 10- 11 11- 12 12- 13 13- 14 14- 15 15- 16 16- 17 17- 18 18- 19 19- 20 20- 21 21- 22 22- 23 23- 24 24- 25Highest rate in PSERS history set in 14-15 at 21.4%; new record every year since. The rate will continue to escalate to perhaps 40+%. Stock market success will help to keep the ECR stable.
Actual Rates Projected ted Rates
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34.29% 44.00% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
PSERS Employer Contribution Rates
Pre Act 5 Post Act 5 Act 5 IFO Projections
Next year In 15 years
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$1.57 $1.15 $0.06 $2.75 $0.0 $0.5 $1.0 $1.5 $2.0 $2.5 $3.0 Billions
State Revenue Increases: 2010-11 to 2016-17
Pension BEF SEF State Revenue* * Does not include PlanCon and Charter School reimbursements
57% of state funding increase for education = pensions 42% = BEF
$49 $122.5 $4 $165 $200 $173 $218 $216 $209 $223
$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Millions
BEF Increases vs. Local Pension Increases
BEF Increase* SD Share of Pension Increase** Difference
* BEF amounts and increases based on actual/available budget line item looking back at the prior year. ** Total school district pension contributions minus state share of retirement contributions. 2016-17 is most recent year available.
share of pension costs
2018-19 Increase Basic Education $166,000,000 Estimated Local Share of Pension Increase ($131,000,000) Net et Chang nge $35,000,0 000,000 00
School Safety and Security Funding
■ 2018-19 Budget included $60 million for grants through PCCD
Process showing a critical need for increases in this funding
■ Governor’s 2019-20 budget proposal
■ The $60 million allocated for 2018-2019 must be increased and also stabilized for the foreseeable future.
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Level el-fun funded ded at $ $549 549 mill llion
Non-public/CS transportation: reduced $567k
■ Budget proposal ignores the law ■ Intentionally underfunded – no increase in last 5 years ■ Cumulative impact of sustained underfunding is more than $100 million
Early Childhood Education Funding
■ $40 million Pre-K Counts (21%) ■ $10 million Head Start (17%)
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$50 million increase for 5,500 new openings
Proposed Change - Early Childhood Education
attendance to 5 and universal, free, full-day kindergarten
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Proposed Change - Raise the Dropout Age
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Raise the age of compulsory school attendance from 17 to 18:
Proposed Change - Raising the Minimum Teacher Salary to $45,000
What are the True Numbers? ■ PSEA Estimate: $12-$14 million ■ Commonwealth Foundation Estimate: $39 million ■ PDE: $13.9 (including $1,058,749 for CTCs and IUs)
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Proposed Payments in BEF to Raise Minimum Salary to $45,000
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stricts ricts: : 180 ■ Avera rage ge addit itional ional BEF: : $71,234 ■ Range: ge: $69 to $693k ■ Largest gest dist stribu ributi tions
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Ringgold SD
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Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD
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Blacklick Valley SD
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Albert Gallatin Area SD
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North Star SD
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Conemaugh Valley SD
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Salisbury-Elk Lick SD
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Reading SD
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Shamokin Area SD
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Mount Union Area SD
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Proposed Change - Minimum Wage Increase
To $12 on July 1, 2019…then $0.50/year
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$12.00 $12.50 $13.00 $13.50 $14.00 $14.50 $15.00 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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What’s Notably Missing from the Governor’s Proposed Budget
programs)
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CTC Bills: House Republican Priority
(voting meeting on 3/11)
agreements.
excellence, the use of course credits, and the classification of program codes.
including tax credits for contributions to support CTE programs and enrollment expansion programs.
programs.
advisory committees.
development board.
Act 82 of 2012 Teacher and Principal Evaluation
■ Three Ed. Associations (PASA, PSBA, and Principals Assoc.) are calling for more weight to be placed back on the observation piece of the evaluation for teachers and have less reliance on test scores. ■ We are supporting the return of the Gross Deficiency category.
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compromises on a very complicated issue.
changes including:
system and asked that any new proposal recognize the need for removing poorly performing educators and avoiding an increase in already burdensome administrative duties.
Charter School Reform
■ The House has previously pursued a comprehensive package with some financial relief to traditional school districts. The tradeoffs in former HB 97 (Reese) are weighted more heavily toward the charter schools.
form.
■ The Senate has taken a piecemeal approach with no immediate tuition relief for districts. ■ HB 526 (Sonney) and SB 34 (Schwank) are gaining attention to curb the cost of cyber charter schools by requiring parents to pay for cyber charter school tuition, if the local district operates a full-time cyber option. This would be a huge financial win for traditional public schools.
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Charter school tuition grows by a projected 19%
growing $660 million between 17-18 and 21-22
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Cyber Charter Tuition Payments – as % of Expenditures
School Performance Comparison
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Grade 4 ELA Grade 4 Math Grade 4 Science Grade 8 ELA Grade 8 Math Grade 8 Science Keys Lit Keys Alg Keys Bio 4-Year Grad Rate State Total School Districts Brick & Mortar Charter Cyber Charter
PlanCon:
School Construction reimbursement program
PA Public School Building Construction and Reconstruction Advisory Committee report with recommendations in 2018.
etc.)
PlanCon Cont.
SB 700 (Browne) of 2017-18 Session soon to be reintroduced this Session.
up a new draft.
Property Tax Reform Legislation
■ There is likely y to be m movement ent from the legislature ature after the election
erty ty taxes. s. ■ Proposal sals s could range e from tota
inatio tion n to funding ding up to 100% of the Homestead/ ead/Farmst armstead ead Exclusion. ion. ■ Any major
ctio ion n in property y taxes es will result t in increase ases s in the PIT and/o /or SUT, or oth
ditional nal tax increas eases. s.
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■ About 4,900 reports in the first month ■ About 1,400 life safety reports ■ Trends mirroring other states: majority of reports focused on suicide ideation ■ There is a process for false reports; many are not being forwarded beyond AG
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■ Hotline number monitored 24/7, secure website and mobile app ■ Reports designated as “Life Safety” reported to both 911 call centers and school personnel ■ Reports designated as “Non-Life Safety” reported to school personnel ■ School Code requires schools to have procedures in place for handling reports—PSBA issued recommended procedures in December
■ Questions can be directed to the Office of the Attorney General
Looking Ahead on School Safety
■ Key legislators and staffers in the Senate and House have indicated that they will be looking to cleanup and tweak the significant school safety legislation passed last year during budget (focusing on Act 44 of 2018 especially).
training, SRO/police/security officers, Safe2Say.
legislation.
■ Additional school safety legislation continues to be introduced and some will likely receive consideration. ■ School safety and security funding remains a priority for legislative leaders as well as the Governor, which is important given the need demonstrated in the grant process.
Act ct 1 158 58: Gr : Grad adua uati tion
equi uirem emen ents ts
Regulations now being developed by PDE to be presented to the State Board for approval
■ Need clarification on:
college credits
field
Keystone
5% limit
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