Senate Leaders 'Stunned' by
Keystone Exam Contract
A state senator says she's going to introduce a bill that would stop the Rendell administration from going ahead with a $201 million contract to develop Keystone Exams.
Senator Jane Orie says she expects the senate education committee to vote on the bill early next month. It would then go to the full senate.
Since the administration first proposed the new testing requirements, Orie has said that with the state facing a budget deficit of $3 billion, this is not the time to go ahead with this – or any – costly, new program.
Her bill says that "any statewide requirements for high school graduation from a public school (in Pennsylvania) ... shall be established only by an act of the General Assembly."
She and senators Joe Scarnati and Dominic Pileggi wrote to Rendell today saying they were "stunned" to learn about the $201 million contract and urging him to withdraw from this contract.
Senator Jane Orie says she expects the senate education committee to vote on the bill early next month. It would then go to the full senate.
Since the administration first proposed the new testing requirements, Orie has said that with the state facing a budget deficit of $3 billion, this is not the time to go ahead with this – or any – costly, new program.
Her bill says that "any statewide requirements for high school graduation from a public school (in Pennsylvania) ... shall be established only by an act of the General Assembly."
She and senators Joe Scarnati and Dominic Pileggi wrote to Rendell today saying they were "stunned" to learn about the $201 million contract and urging him to withdraw from this contract.
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