NEWS

Six years of receipts. And now — real reform. On September 5, 2019, we set out with a simple goal—to find out how much a single cyber charter school in Pennsylvania was spending on advertising each year.  We filed a Right-to-Know request with Commonwealth Charter...

On Wednesday, November 12, the General Assembly approved a budget that was signed by Governor Shapiro and ended the four-month budget impasse. This budget deal delivers substantial cyber charter funding and accountability reforms and more than $785 in new investments...

Pennsylvania currently has 14 privately-operated, publicly-funded cyber charter schools that cost taxpayers more than $1 billion each year. Thanks to the staggering lack of accountability in the current law and a state funding system that allows cybers to...

Yesterday, Democratic leaders brought a state budget totaling $50.25 billion to the floor in the Pennsylvania House and it passed with bipartisan support, 105-98. Click HERE to see how your state representative voted. This budget includes: A fully-funded second...

As the budget impasse drags on, the state has missed $1.75 billion in payments to school districts. Some school districts are drawing money out of their fund balances (savings accounts) to pay their bills. Districts that lack adequate fund balances must borrow from...

In Pennsylvania, our state law is supposed to protect children. Yet a loophole in Pennsylvania’s charter school law, combined with lax enforcement by the state agency responsible for overseeing cyber charters, leaves vulnerable children enrolled in these schools at...

We’re already well into August—nearly two months past Pennsylvania’s June 30th budget deadline—and the Senate continues to put forth unserious proposals. On Tuesday, August 12, the Pennsylvania Senate passed a $47.6 billion budget—about $3 billion less than the...

At Ed Voters, we've been raising the alarm about the need for cyber charter funding and accountability reforms—but we’re far from the only ones. Across Pennsylvania, school board members, superintendents, community leaders, parents, and taxpayers are speaking out....

Monday, June 2, the PA House Education Committee passed House Bill 1500, a cyber charter reform bill that will save Pennsylvanians hundreds of millions of dollars by setting a flat tuition rate of $8000 for each regular education student and aligning special education...

On Tuesday, hundreds of advocates from every corner of the commonwealth traveled to Harrisburg for the PA Schools Work Advocacy Day with one united message: Finish the job. Fund our schools. In the pouring rain, we rallied on the Capitol steps.We held...

A new poll confirms what many of us already know: Pennsylvanians support strong public schools — and they want elected leaders to invest in the students who attend them. According to a recent poll conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research for the Pennsylvania...

You may remember our blog post from February 14, 2024, titled, “We took a cyber charter to court, and won!” We detailed spending more than two years in court trying to get Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA) to produce documents that they had been ordered by the...

As discussions around the future of the U.S. Department of Education continue to unfold, we know that many of you are watching these developments closely. While the situation remains fluid, we wanted to reach out with the latest information we have and what it could...

A newly-released audit from Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor’s office of five Pennsylvania cyber charter schools has confirmed what we’ve long known—Pennsylvania’s cyber charter school funding system is deeply flawed and in need of urgent reform. Under the...

On February 4, 2025, Governor Shapiro gave his budget address and shared his 2025-26 state budget proposal, which demonstrates his strong commitment to supporting public education. The proposed new investments and efficiencies, if adopted as a package, will be a win...

The proposed new investments and efficiencies, if adopted as a package, will be a win for rural, urban, and suburban students and communities across the commonwealth HARRISBURG, PA (February 4, 2025) –Education Voters of PA, a statewide, nonprofit, nonpartisan policy...

Great news for public education in Pennsylvania—The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has denied the application for Unbound Academic Institute PA Charter School, an AI-driven cyber charter school that sought approval to operate in the Commonwealth. Read the...

Pennsylvania currently has 14 privately operated, publicly-funded cyber charter schools that any Pennsylvania student can attend. Tuition payments to these schools cost taxpayers more than $1 billion each year, Every cyber charter has been designated as needing...

As Pennsylvanians continue to process what Tuesday’s election will mean for our public schools and communities, our team is holding close the vulnerable students and their families who would be impacted by actions aimed at rescinding key civil rights protections in...