Equity First

Pennsylvania's adopted Basic Education Funding formula and Special Education Funding formula confirm widespread discriminatory allocations of government funding. In 2016, Equity First was established to fight for equality of funding for all government funding, and end decades of massively-biased funding discrimination.

The bipartisan, non-political tactics and strategies of Equity First shall be devoted to fixing the discriminatory allocations of Pennsylvania state funding for education and other government programs.

The 2018 #CivilFundingWar Battle Plan to End School Funding Discrimination:

* Effective immediately, the State Budget shall distribute 100% of funding through the bipartisan funding formulas for Basic Education and Special Education for all students.

* No overfunded school districts shall receive any new state funding until all school districts are fully-funded through the bipartisan-adopted funding formulas for Basic Education and Special Education.

* Establish the School District Consolidation Fund to encourage the efficient consolidation of school districts.

* Cap the Fund Balance and Reserve Fund account balances at 18%.

* Establish a Cost Savings Commission to scrutinize all K-12 spending to implement cost-saving strategies.

All funding received shall be immediately devoted towards getting Pennsylvania state government to distribute all basic and special education funding through the state's bipartisan funding formula's for basic and special education funding.