by Susan Spicka | May 27, 2016 | blog
On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Legislature voted to permanently adopt the fair funding formula that we supported along with our allies from the Campaign for Fair Education Funding. Governor Wolf has said he will sign this into law. This is excellent news and we have...
by Susan Spicka | May 12, 2016 | blog, Press Releases
Susan Spicka, Director of Education Voters of PA made the following statement about HB 805: Supporters of HB 805 call this bill the “Protect Excellent Teachers Act,” but, in fact, this bill does not protect our teachers. Instead, this bill creates a mechanism...
by Susan Spicka | Apr 28, 2016 | blog
On Friday last week, Governor Wolf announced that the Fiscal Code, the final piece of budget legislation for 2015-2016, would become law without his signature. This brings the 2015-2016 budget to a close. The Win The Fiscal Code contains language that distributes new...
by Susan Spicka | Apr 18, 2016 | blog
UPDATE: April 20, 2016–Oral argument will not be heard in May. It will be heard later in the year. The PA Supreme Court will hear argument for the school funding lawsuit this year, perhaps as early as in May. Throughout Pennsylvania, our schools have not...
by Susan Spicka | Apr 14, 2016 | blog
Over the past five years, Harrisburg has mastered the art of pitting school districts, parents, and students against each other in order to draw attention away from the damage their policies and the lack of adequate state education funding have inflicted on children,...
by Susan Spicka | Mar 23, 2016 | blog, Latest News from Ed Voters, Press Releases
For Immediate Release 3/23/2016 Education Voters of PA’s reaction to Governor Wolf’s decision to allow HB 1801 to become law without his signature Susan Spicka, Director of Education Voters of PA, issued the following statement regarding Governor Wolf’s decision to...
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