Underfunded: Inside the Fight to Fairly Fund Public Schools in Pennsylvania

by Susan Spicka | Apr 25, 2021 | blog, Uncategorized

PA’s General Assembly has no goal to fully fund public schools. That, plus an unfair system for splitting a pot that’s too small, pits districts against each other. It’s time to end the hunger games and #FundOurSchoolsPA Learn more on Underfunded,...

BREAKING: Trial in PA school funding lawsuit on track to begin in September

by Susan Spicka | Apr 2, 2021 | blog, Uncategorized

For a generation, Pennsylvania’s legislative leaders have refused to live up to their constitutional responsibility to fairly fund public schools so that all students, not just those from certain zip codes, are equipped with the tools and skills they need. A group of...

The per horse subsidy through the Race Horse Development Fund is nearly three times the per student state subsidy for students in the State System of Higher Education!!

by Susan Spicka | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized

Paying for college is one of the biggest worries facing Pennsylvania families – especially now.   Governor Wolf wants to create a new program – the Nellie Bly Scholarships – for 44,000 students attending PASSHE schools so more students can...

Join our special guests to learn about charter school special education funding

by Susan Spicka | Mar 29, 2021 | blog

Special education funding for charter schools is a hot topic in Harrisburg. For the first time ever, we have a real chance to fix Pennsylvania’s charter school law to eliminate profits that charter schools reap off of special education tuition payments and to...

Proposed Charter School Reforms are Welcome, Necessary, and Long Overdue

by Susan Spicka | Feb 26, 2021 | blog

February 26, 2021  HARRISBURG, PA (February 26, 2021) – Susan Spicka the executive director of Education Voters of PA, a nonpartisan, nonprofit, statewide public education policy and advocacy organization issued the following statement in response to Governor Wolf’s...
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