re-ignited the interest of law enforcement. >>> jaciel cordoba: Pennsylvania is being singled out for having the largest spending gap in the country.. between the rich and poor school districts. >> eve tannery: WFMZ's Keleigh Gibbs talked about the issue with the state education secretary... and some local legislators. >>reporter The nation's highest ranking education official.. u.s. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.. is singling out Pennsylvania for having the largest spending gap between rich and poor school districts in the country. The data from the National Center for Education Statistics... shows that in Pennsylvania the spending gap is 33 percent....much higher than the next closest state... Vermont which had a spending gap of 18 percent. To address challenges with education funding....Governor Tom Wolf previously has proposed to boost the state's share of public school costs to 50 percent, up from one-third. a solution....Bethlehem Area School District Superintendent Joseph Roy says will be a step in the right direction. "The over reliance on property taxes, local property taxes, to fund public schools automatically puts wealthier districts with higher property values at an advantage." >>reporter But a key group of Republican lawmakers disagrees. Instead they want to see state sales and income taxes increase with the long term goal of abolishing school property taxes statewide. >>argall "It really looks to me like bait and switch. He is suggesting a permanent increase in income, a permanent increase in sales taxes and a temporary decrease in school district property taxes.">>REPORTER Representative Mike Schlossberg a Democrat from Lehigh County supports the Governor Wolf's proposal and says the ideas proposed by the Republicans will not create the funding that is needed. 13:02:50 "Eliminating the property tax is one thing but you've really got to spike, i mean significantly spike the sales and the income tax in order to get it done and i don't think Senate Bill or House Bill 76 goes enough to get education the money that it really needs.">>REPORTER The u-s Education Secretary says the gap must change. Keleigh Gibbs, 69 News. >>> jaciel cordoba: Some people want to make changes to money that it really needs." Education Secretary says the gap must change. Keleigh
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