by Susan Spicka | Dec 14, 2020 | blog
Last week our partners at the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center released a report that found Pennsylvania allocated $174 million of federal COVID-19 aid backwards—with the fewest dollars going to school districts with the greatest need. We flagged this issue after...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 30, 2020 | blog, Uncategorized
Since 2004, more than $3 billion in taxpayer money has been funneled into The Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund (RHDF), which provides $240 million every year in taxpayer funding to subsidize Pennsylvania’s horse racing industry. The bulk of...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 2, 2020 | blog
The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) recently released an important study about increased charter and cyber charter school tuition payments for the 2020-2021 school year. PASBO predicts that school district payments to charter schools will...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 23, 2020 | blog
A little-known taxpayer-funded public trough called the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund (PRHDF) provides $240 million every year in government subsidies to wealthy horse racing enthusiasts and hobbyists. Since the fund’s inception in 2004,...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 30, 2020 | blog, Take Action
UPDATE: The House Education Committee pulled House Bill 2696 from the agenda for its meeting on Thursday, October 1. Our advocacy is working. But the fight is not over. The Senate Education Committee will be holding a hearing on the DeVos voucher bill on Monday,...
by Susan Spicka | Aug 28, 2020 | blog, Uncategorized
We are delighted to have some very good news to share! This week a federal judge issued a blistering decision that temporarily stops Betsy DeVos from taking federal COVID-19 aid away from the poorest students in order to provide well-off children in private/religious...
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