Schools' draft budget gets OK
Source: By Susan Snyder, Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), Thu, Mar. 27, 2008
...... The budget includes no money for raises next year for the district's five unions, including the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, its largest.
...... The plan also assumes that Gov. Rendell's budget, which has more than $80 million in new basic education funding for the district, will be passed and that the district will continue to spend the same amount on disciplinary schools and the nearly 40 schools run by six outside managers, including Edison Schools Inc.
........ It is still considering whether to keep Edison and other outside managers originally hired in 2002 to improve the district's most troubled schools. A decision is expected next month.