What you need to know about oral argument before the PA Supreme Court for the school funding lawsuit and how you can be part of it

by Susan Spicka | Aug 29, 2016 | blog

On Tuesday, September 13, the PA Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the landmark school funding lawsuit in its Philadelphia courtroom and we invite you to be part of this important event. The lawsuit argues that PA’s school funding system is so inadequate...

We have a budget for 2016-2017. What does it mean for schools?

by Susan Spicka | Jul 14, 2016 | Latest News from Ed Voters

The 2016-2017 PA budget is now complete. Yesterday a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the PA House and Senate approved a revenue package and Governor Wolf signed it into law. This budget provides an increase of $200 million for K-12 Basic Education Funding, $20...

Update on HB 530 & still no revenue to fund the PA budget

by Susan Spicka | Jul 6, 2016 | blog, Latest News from Ed Voters

Thanks to the very significant efforts of education advocates who contacted lawmakers with concerns, HB 530 (the harmful charter school legislation) has not gone up for a final vote in the House (yet). We are continuing to monitor HB 530 and other school code...

URGENT–Lawmakers and Governor Wolf MUST oppose HB 530–legislation that would make PA’s charter school law even WORSE

by Susan Spicka | Jun 29, 2016 | Uncategorized

The PA House is moving charter school legislation today that would make PA’s charter school law even WORSE than it already is. HB 530 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It is NOT a genuine effort to improve the quality of education children in the Commonwealth...

Join the July 27th Statewide Call to Action: Lawmakers must take steps toward ending PA’s school funding crisis this year

by Susan Spicka | Jun 18, 2016 | Take Action

State lawmakers must take steps to end PA’s school funding crisis this year. Lawmakers are negotiating a budget in Harrisburg right now and need to hear from you. Click HERE for your lawmakers’ contact information. Call and email your state representative...
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