by Susan Spicka | Mar 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
While students throughout PA have been begging adults to take action to make their schools safer, some Republican lawmakers were in Harrisburg laughing and joking about wanting to watch students train to throw rocks at an active shooter in their classrooms. This...
by Susan Spicka | Feb 6, 2018 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
For Immediate Release Education Voters of PA Media contacts: Susan Spicka (HARRISBURG) February 6, 2018 – Susan Spicka, Executive Director of Education Voters of PA, made the following statement about Governor Wolf’s 2018-2019 budget proposal: Budgets are about...
by Susan Spicka | Jan 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
As we enter 2018, the PA legislature is picking up where it left off on its attack on our children’s public schools. Before the holidays, Republican leaders rigged the membership of the Senate Education Committee in hopes that it will now have enough votes to pass...
by Susan Spicka | Dec 10, 2017 | Action Alerts, Take Action, Uncategorized
Late on Friday afternoon, the Senate Education Committee published online that it will be meeting on Tuesday, December 12th at 10:30 am in Room 8E-A in the East Wing of the Harrisburg Capitol to consider Senate Bill 2, the education savings account/Betsy DeVos school...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
In Harrisburg, almost four months late, lawmakers finally completed the 2017-2018 PA budget. In June, our legislature were happy to pass a $32 billion spending plan that protected programs and services important to their constituents, including a $100 million increase...
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...
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