PA GOP to School Districts: Choose Between Keeping Kids Safe or Keeping Your School Funding

by Susan Spicka | Sep 24, 2021 | blog, Take Action

9/29/2021 UPDATE on HB 1254 The Sonney amendment to House Bill 1254, A02375, was defeated on 9/28/2021, by a vote of 92-105. This amendment fleshed out details of the proposed voucher program. BUT–House Republicans filed a motion to reconsider the amendment, so...

Tell lawmakers to oppose amended Senate Bill 1 & 2% coupon on cyber charter tuition

by Susan Spicka | Jun 16, 2021 | Take Action

In a cynical attempt to get enough votes to pass Senate Bill 1–the massive school privatization bill–Republicans approved an amendment in the Senate Education Committee that removes the statewide charter school authorizer (this is good) and includes...

ALERT: Stop Harrisburg from taking hundreds of millions of dollars from public school students

by Susan Spicka | Jun 7, 2021 | Take Action, Uncategorized

Today, Monday, June 7, the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee voted to advance legislation that would take hundreds of millions of dollars away from students in our local public schools and steer this money into private/religious schools, tax breaks for...

Gift cards, cell phones, cash payments for families, $1000/student in advertising costs & real estate development: It’s time to audit PA’s cyber charter schools

by Susan Spicka | Feb 10, 2021 | Take Action, Uncategorized

Recent reporting in the Scranton Times-Tribune revealed a stunning of state oversight over billions of taxpayer dollars that have been poured into cyber charters over the past two decades. Half of Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools have never been...

Tell PA lawmakers—Choose public schools, not DeVos vouchers

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,...

Public Schools Need Additional Federal Aid to Open Safely

by Susan Spicka | Jun 19, 2020 | Take Action

As the 2019-2020 school year comes to a close, school district administrators, teachers, staff, and board members are turning their attention to planning how they will safely educate students when the new school year begins in the fall. The Pennsylvania Department of...
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