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Entering the home stretch in the push for full and fair funding for public schools in this year’s state budget!
Now that the holiday weekend is over and the budget negotiations enter their final weeks, it’s time to really make clear to Senators Browne, Scavello, and Boscola, that they must support our students. We’ve gotten positive feedback from all three – so please keep it up! Feel free to call your state representative (Ann Flood’s information is…
Read MoreKeep the Pressure Up!
We’re at the halfway point of the advocacy flood – keep the pressure up as you continue to advocate for full and fair basic education funding! Contact information for our area Senators and a link to find your legislator (as well as contact information for Representative Ann Flood, whose district covers a portion of Bethlehem Area…
Read MoreWe must have full and fair funding for public schools in this year’s state budget!
It’s another week to call in support of full and fair funding for public schools! We’ve been reaching out to Senators Browne, Scavello, and Boscola. We’ve gotten positive feedback from all three – so please keep it up! This week, I’m also including contact information for Representative Ann Flood, whose district covers a portion of Bethlehem Area School…
Read MoreFair Funding Advocacy Flood – Week 2!
This week is week 2 of our targeted advocacy efforts to get full and fair funding for public schools in this year’s state budget! Like you did last week, please reach out again to Senator Pat Browne and/or Senator Mario Scavello, two pivotal votes – and enlist others to do the same. These senators need to hear from us…
Read MoreCalling All Public Education Advocates!!!
Let’s go to Harrisburg for an advocacy day on Tuesday, May 24th! Organized by the good folks at Education Voters of PA Public Education Advocates are heading to Harrisburg to show state lawmakers that their constituents expect them to support Governor Wolf’s full funding proposal for education. We will have a home base in the…
Read MoreLearn How Much $ Your School District Would Receive w/Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal
from our friends at Education Voters of PA: Pennsylvania ranks 45th in the nation for state share of funding for schools. According to a benchmark in state law, Pennsylvania school districts are underfunded by an eye-popping $4.6 billion each year. When the state is cheap, it puts excessive pressure on property taxes to fund schools.…
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
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