Written by Susan Spicka
September 20, 2021

The school funding lawsuit trial date has been rescheduled to November 12th.

From FundOurSchoolsPA.org : Trial in a historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system is now scheduled to begin on Friday, November 12, following a request for a 30-day extension from Sen. Jake Corman due to an unforeseen medical emergency of an attorney in the case. Petitioners in the case send their best wishes for good health and a full recovery.

Trial was previously scheduled to begin on October 12.

Keep an eye out for am email from us with a variety of opportunities to support this historic lawsuit.

On Monday, September 27th at 7:00 pm join us for a webinar to kick off our efforts to redirect $200 million in tax funding away from subsidizing the horse racing industry and into supporting scholarships for students with financial need who attend Pennsylvania State System Universities.

Patrick Batuello from Horseracing will join us to provide an overview of cruelty and horse deaths inherent in the industry and we will talk about our next advocacy steps to get PA lawmakers to fund students over horse racing..

Click HERE to register for the webinar.

Tune into PCN on Wednesday, September 22 at 7:00 pm for a call-in show with Ed Voters’ Executive Director that will focus on issues related to public education in Pennsylvania.