NEW REPORT: How adequacy funding is changing the game in PA schools

Posted by PA Schools Work on June 9, 2026

PA Schools Work released a new report, The Impact of Pennsylvania’s Adequacy Supplement, that answers the question every Pennsylvanian deserves to ask: Is the Commonwealth’s new investment in our public schools actually working?

The answer, in classroom after classroom across the state, is yes.

Two years ago, lawmakers from both parties created the adequacy supplement — a new funding mechanism, distributed through the Ready to Learn Block Grant, that directs dollars to the low-wealth districts that need them most. The inaugural $494 million tranche, included in the 2024-25 budget, reached 348 school districts educating nearly 1.5 million students — 88% of all students in Pennsylvania.

Click HERE to read the full report.