NEW REPORT: PA voucher schools use tax $$ to advance discrimination
Education Voters of PA recently released a report that examines discriminatory policies and practices in private and religious schools that participate in Pennsylvania’s Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) school voucher program. Students receiving...
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Did you know? Nearly 1 in 5 OSTC voucher schools in Pennsylvania have explicit statements discriminating against LGBTQ+ students. I just wrote a letter telling @GovernorShapiro and state lawmakers @SenFrankFarry and #KristinMarcell to fund PUBLIC schools, not vouchers for discriminatory private schools! @LWVBucksCounty @EdVotersPA Write one here: Every public dollar that funds tuition at a private school leaves fewer dollars available to be spent in the state budget, undermining the Commonwealth’s ability to fully fund public schools in every community. Tell Gov. Shapiro and state lawmakers to fund PUBLIC schools, not vouchers for discriminatory... Private and religious schools that receive tax dollars through Pennsylvania’s $340 million/year tax credit school vouc... actionnetwork.org This is the table. The #BEFC must identify the steps needed to ensure our public schools will, in the very near future, give every child the public education they are entitled to. #FundPAPublicSchools Just your reminder that NOT A SINGLE CYBER SCHOOL in PA had positive growth in 4-8 math. This is consistently true every year. But they always remain open.
Read our report on how your tax dollars are being used to discriminate: https://edvoterspa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/EDVO_VOUCHER_REPORT_Dec2023.pdf
Tell Gov. Shapiro that this needs to end!
CCA near bottom of all PA schools as usual.
[Math growth scores for grades 4-8 from PVAAS website]
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