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Despite coronavirus uncertainty, Philly school board passes a $3.5 billion budget, but trouble looms ahead

The district’s budget includes no new money for new labor pacts with the school system’s two largest unions, representing its teachers and blue-collar workers. Both contracts expire in August.

The Philadelphia school board passed a $3.5 billion budget Thursday night, narrowly avoiding coronavirus cuts.
The Philadelphia school board passed a $3.5 billion budget Thursday night, narrowly avoiding coronavirus cuts.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer