Rescue plan for Phila. schools: Many ifs, but...

A Deal Is Reached For Philadelphia School Funding

The $140 million package Gov. Corbett presented Sunday to rescue Philadelphia's cash-strapped public schools has tentative written all over it.

The legislature has not yet signed off on key items. The federal piece depends, for now, on what one negotiator called "a handshake on the phone." And some of the numbers are hopeful projections.

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