State University Funding Doesn’t Receive House Support
Yesterday, a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and State Senate was not received to continue funding Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh, Temple, Lincoln University and the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School.
The five non-preferred appropriation bills represented a five percent increase for each of the schools, with the exception of Lincoln University in Chester County that would have seen a seven percent increase.
After the vote, Rep. William Adolph, Jr. (R-Delaware) was disappointed.
“I am very disappointed to see that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have joined Gov. Tom Wolf in opposing this needed funding for our state-related universities. Our students should not be held hostage during this budget impasse,” Rep. Adolph said in a press release. “This five-percent increase was agreed to by the governor in November and received a vote of 48-2 in the Senate.
“Let me be very clear - there are available current year revenues to pay for all five of these appropriations. The vote (yesterday) by House Democrats was a vote to use our students as unnecessary leverage in an effort to raise taxes.”
The total cost of all five non-preferred appropriation bills is approximately $578 million.
Regional News | KP NewsDesk January 12, 2016
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