Pennsylvania Education Secretary Urges Schools to Pursue 'Common Cents' Approach To Spending

U.S. Newswire, September, 2007

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Michael Race of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1-717-783-9802

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak today encouraged public schools across Pennsylvania to take advantage of a new initiative that's designed to help them target more money to promoting learning rather than meeting operational costs.

The 2007-08 state budget provides $1 million for the Common Cents program to promote shared services among school districts and intermediate units that want to save money and resources.

"Just as the name implies, the goal of Common Cents is simple -- find ways to stretch education dollars further by providing services in a fiscally savvy, commonsense way," Zahorchak...

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