by Susan Spicka | Jul 21, 2017 | blog
More than three weeks into a state budget impasse, PA House Speaker Mike Turzai and his extremist followers have surfaced as the holdouts who are preventing the legislature from passing a responsible revenue package to fund the 2017-2018 state budget. This week Turzai...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 12, 2017 | blog, Issues
Here is a rundown of what is happening in Harrisburg and DC that may impact public school students in PA. HB 97, the charter expansion bill It appears the PA House has decided to put HB 97 on hold until the fall. Great, great work making calls and sending emails to...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 10, 2017 | blog, Press Releases
Susan Spicka, Executive Director of Education Voters of PA made the following statement about the PA Senate’s passage of HB 97: It is very disappointing that 26 members of the PA Senate voted to disregard the very real needs of the students and taxpayers they were...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 9, 2017 | blog
It’s going to be a busy weekend in Harrisburg. On Friday, June 30th, the PA legislature passed the spending half of the 2017-2018 state budget agreement and sent it to Governor Wolf. Lawmakers have until Monday, July 10th, to get the revenue half of the agreement to...
by Susan Spicka | Jun 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
By a vote of 28 to 22, the PA Senate approved SB 383, a bill that allows teachers and other school employees to carry concealed, loaded firearms in public schools. Click HERE to see how your senator voted. Each school board will decide if it will allow teachers and...
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