by Susan Spicka | Apr 29, 2021 | blog
Pennsylvania will receive nearly $5 billion in one-time federal funding for K-12 schools in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 through the Elementary and Secondary School Relief Fund (ESSER). Ninety percent of the ARP ESSER funding, or $4,372,333,875, will...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
by Susan Spicka | Feb 23, 2021 | blog
Many families, school officials, and advocates had hoped that the Biden Administration would grant waivers that would allow states to cancel standardized tests this year because of the extraordinary challenges the pandemic has created for students and schools. But...
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