This week at the Abington School District Administration Building, State Representative Madeleine Dean sponsored a hearing on education funding in Pennsylvania. Thirteen members of the House attended the meeting where testimony was given by seven individuals including Abington School Board president Raymond McGarry, Esquire and Abington Superintendent of Schools Dr. Amy Sichel. Representative Dean provided opening and closing remarks. Also testifying was Sarah Galbally – Deputy Secretary for the Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the Pennsylvania Governor; Dr. Deborah Wheeler, Upper Dublin School District Superintendent of Schools; Cecilia Bradbury, Special Education Teacher, Philadelphia School District; Lawrence Feinberg, Circuit Rider, Campaign for Fair Education Funding, and Donna Cooper, Executive Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth. Comments included the need for a basic education funding formula that is adequate, equitable, predictable, and sustainable.