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House Bill 2169 – Lifeline Scholarship Program
More about this proposed bill and why we must urge all members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to vote “no” on House Bill 2169, which would create a tuition voucher program for students costing taxpayers and the schools that need resources the most almost $170 million. Read the full statement from Concerned Education Stakeholders…
Read MoreWEBINAR: Inside the Courtroom – The Highs, The Lows, The Shocking Moments and Emotional Stories of the PA School Funding Lawsuit
From the good folks at PA Schools Work Join PA Schools Work for our next Lunch & Learn webinar this Friday, April 1 at noon about the recently-concluded PA school funding lawsuit. Attorneys and advocates who were intimately involved in the historic case will give attendees the inside story about how the case came together, the shocking…
Read MoreA Nice Summary of the History and Work of the Proud Parents
Please look over this pdf that was presented a few years back on creating an effective parent advocacy group and strategy. We are in the process of writing our next chapter! Will you be a part of it? CLICK TO VIEW: 2018 PASA-PSBA Presentation
Read MoreVirtual Town Hall Meeting – The PA Fair Funding Initiative
Come One Come All—Please share with others Virtual Town Hall Meeting Confused about Pennsylvania’s current system for funding public schools, the Fair Funding Formula, LevelUp, and what an upcoming court case might mean for it all? “The nation’s most fiscally disadvantaged local public-school districts of significant size lie to the north and west of Philadelphia,…
Read MoreBack the Budget Surplus to Work for Public Schools
CALL TO ACTION Governor Wolf’s proposed budget would fully implement the Fair Funding Formula and provide additional support so that no district ends up worse off. This would mean nearly $176 million more in state Basic Education Funding support, and over $11 million more in state Special Education Funding, for…
Read MoreSchool District Fact Sheets & Webinar Follow-up
See the original post here: https://mailchi.mp/paschoolswork/join-us-wednesday-814850?e=3d6f4b3621 Updated Pennsylvania School District Fact Sheets Rising mandated costs are an increasing problem for school districts across Pennsylvania, and funding from the state is not keeping up with costs. The PA Schools Work campaign this week released our updated 2021 school district fact sheets, which provide information on state…
Read MorePa. gets chance to fix broken school funding systems – Letter to the editor
Please take a few minutes to read this and check out this upcoming event https://enewspaper.mcall.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=27e51957-ed75-43c4-9c16-3190d739baea
Read MoreALERT: Oppose Harrisburg’s plan to take hundreds of millions of dollars from our public schools
From Education Voters of PA: On Monday, June 7th, the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee voted to advance legislation that would take hundreds of millions of dollars away from students in our local public schools and steer this money into private/religious schools, tax breaks for businesses, and an expansion of unaccountable charter schools. Every year…
Read MoreWEBINAR TOMORROW: State of the PA Budget & Public School Funding
Tomorrow’s Webinar – The PA State Budget and the Generational Opportunity to Fund Public Education Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 9 at noon, we will be joined by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier and Education Voters of Pennsylvania Executive Director Susan Spicka to talk about how state legislators have the opportunity to make a bold investment…
Read MoreJoin for a quick update on Harrisburg’s plans for public education
From Education Voters of PA, don’t miss out on this opportunity today. Over the next month, PA lawmakers and Governor Wolf will be negotiating a budget that is supposed to be signed into law by June 30th. What happens over the next month could have a profound impact on Pennsylvania’s educational landscape. And lawmakers appear to…
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