by Susan Spicka | Mar 11, 2024 | blog
I was honored to have been invited to speak at the House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on the Basic Education Funding Commission Report at the Chester County Intermediate Unit on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. I chose to focus my remarks on private school vouchers....
by Susan Spicka | Mar 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
We are gearing up for a big fight in Harrisburg to keep Governor Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers from expanding school vouchers in the 2024-2025 state budget. The proposed PASS/ESA private school voucher proposals would give tax dollars directly to families...
by Susan Spicka | Mar 4, 2024 | blog
On Wednesday, February 28th, the Senate Appropriations Committee held a budget hearing with the Pennsylvania Department of Education that focused on the proposed funding for education in Governor Shapiro’s 2024-2025 state budget. Budget hearings offer lawmakers...
by Susan Spicka | Feb 23, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized
We are busily planning the PA Schools Work advocacy day, which will be on Wednesday, May 8th in Harrisburg. As we have stated, this is an education budget worth fighting for. We need to make sure that state lawmakers understand that their...
by Susan Spicka | Feb 14, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized
In May of 2022, we learned that Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), PA’s largest cyber charter school, which received nearly $400 million in revenue in 2022, was providing families with hundreds of dollars per student in reimbursements each year using a...
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