Wolf tells how he will divide ed. fundsHARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor is disclosing how he’ll split up state funding for education after deciding to let the budget take effect without his signature and vetoing a separate bill that included an education aid distribution formula.Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday announced what school districts will get, prompting complaints from legislative Republicans that his approach ignores a formula that was the product of lengthy negotiations.The governor says that funding formula isn’t fair unless the state restores the state’s subsidies to the levels they were at before being cut under his Republican predecessor.He’s splitting up $50 million in new money, with most going to fund charter school reimbursements and restore those cuts.

Court hears case on public defendersPITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about whether counties can be sued for not providing enough funding for public defenders.The arguments scheduled for Pittsburgh today grew out of a lawsuit filed by the chief public defender in Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania.A lower appeals court threw out a lawsuit, saying defendants who don’t receive sufficient representation can file appeals to contest their convictions on the grounds that their attorneys weren’t adequate.But the public defender, the American Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, and other advocacy groups say the court should allow lawsuits that address “chronic and systemic funding deficiencies.”

Bill gives victims more time to sueHARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation that would give victims of sexual abuse as children more time to sue as adults and prosecutors more time to make an arrest.The House Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday 26-to-1 to eliminate a time limit on filing charges in child sexual abuse cases and to give child victims another 20 years to sue, or until they turn 50.Currently, state law prevents prosecutors from charging child predators if the victim already turned 50.