by Susan Spicka | Oct 12, 2017 | blog, Latest News from Ed Voters, Uncategorized
On November 7, 2017, Pennsylvania voters will find a proposed amendment to the PA Constitution, Joint Resolution 1, on their ballots. This amendment ignores the real problem PA faces–inadequate state funding for schools, which puts excessive pressure on property...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 29, 2017 | blog
On Thursday, September 28th, the PA Supreme Court issued a landmark decision. It ordered the Commonwealth Court to hold a full trial on PA’s school funding lawsuit. The Court agreed with the plaintiffs that education funding should be subject to judicial...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 22, 2017 | blog
Your phone calls and emails made a difference. On Wednesday, Sept. 20th, in an overwhelming display of bipartisanship, the PA Senate voted 43-7 NOT to concur with the irresponsible PA House Republican revenue plan. The House GOP plan did not contain recurring revenues...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 12, 2017 | blog, Uncategorized
Susan Spicka, Executive Director of Education Voters of PA, made the following comments at a press conference in the Harrisburg Capitol on September 12, 2017, where she joined PA Secretary of Education, Pedro Rivera, and representatives from the Education Law Center,...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 8, 2017 | blog
More than two months after passing a spending plan for the 2017-2018 budget, state lawmakers still have not approved a revenue package to fund the budget. In less than a week, the budget standoff in Harrisburg will turn into a budget crisis for Pennsylvanians. On...
by Susan Spicka | Aug 25, 2017 | blog
After more than a year of taking extensive input from public education stakeholders at 30 sessions throughout the state, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released PA’s plan to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the new federal education law...
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