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As PA’s school funding lawsuit goes to trial, learn how underfunded your school district is.
On Friday, the trial for Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit will start. And we, the public schools community across Pennsylvania, will have our day in court. Adequacy is at the heart of this case. In Pennsylvania, there’s a gap between the resources...
Ring the Bells for Justice on the 1st day of the school funding lawsuit trial!
The trial for Pennsylvania’s historic school funding lawsuit starts on Friday, November 12th in Harrisburg. Are you ready to make history with us?
URGENT: The charter industry is trying to tank commonsense regulations
The Wolf Administration, under authority granted in law, is promulgating regulations to clarify elements in Pennsylvania’s Charter School Law to improve accountability, equity, quality, and transparency. And we need your help NOW to demonstrate public...
Support New Regulations for PA Charter Schools!
The Wolf Administration, under authority granted in law, is promulgating regulations to clarify elements in Pennsylvania’s Charter School Law to improve accountability, equity, quality, and transparency. And we need your help to make sure that these regulations are...
PA GOP to School Districts: Choose Between Keeping Kids Safe or Keeping Your School Funding
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 the...
PA’s school funding lawsuit has a new trial date–and more!
The school funding lawsuit trial date has been rescheduled to November 12th. From FundOurSchoolsPA.org : Trial in a historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system is now scheduled to begin on Friday, November 12, following a request for a 30-day...
Ed Voters has a new…
Website!! We have a new look, but the same commitment to providing you with high-quality information, authentic voices, and targeted advocacy so that, together, we can achieve wins for Pennsylvania’s public school students. A couple of highlights: You...
Dead horses or live students–which will the PA legislature fund?
A recent story in the Philadelphia Inquirer shines a bright light on the cruelty and corruption in Pennsylvania’s horse racing industry. This story reports that Parx Racing in Bensalem is on pace to surpass their 2019 horse fatalities, when Parx reported 59 dead...
What you need to know about PA’s universal mask order for schools
Today, the Wolf Administration took steps to protect our children by issuing a universal masking mandate order for students, teachers, and staff in all Pennsylvania schools and childcare programs. This action was needed as more than half of Pennsylvania's 500 school...
What has been going on at school board meetings?
Pennsylvania’s public school children deserve to have the best shot possible at a year of in-person instruction in buildings where they can be safe and healthy. You can help.
BLOG: Someone should sue! The rest of us should help.
Now, public education advocates have an important role to play. We need to turn up the heat ? on the school funding problem in our communities and demonstrate public support for legal action and remedy.
How Underfunded is Your School District?
Right now, 86% of Pennsylvania students attend schools that don’t receive adequate resources for education, according to state law.
A Sad Day for Higher Education in PA
On July 14, 2021--on the heels of COVID, in the dead of summer, with many consequential questions left unanswered--the Board of Governors for Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) unanimously approved consolidation plans for three universities in...
State legislature passes up opportunity to address systemic inequities plaguing PA school districts
The General Assembly passed the 2021-2022 state budget yesterday and we expect that Governor Wolf will sign it. Please find an overview of key education-related pieces below. This budget is not what we had hoped for in a year when the state legislature had a $3...
Eight out of ten Pennsylvanians favor ending horse racing subsidies, large majority supports redirecting funds to college scholarships
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 21, 2021 Media Contact: Susan Spicka Eight Out of Ten Pennsylvanians Favor Ending Horse Racing Subsidies, Large majority supports redirecting funds to college scholarships Harrisburg, PA --The vast majority of Pennsylvanians would prefer to...
Tell lawmakers to oppose amended Senate Bill 1 & 2% coupon on cyber charter tuition
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 what...
ALERT: Stop Harrisburg from taking hundreds of millions of dollars from public school students
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...
Ed Voters’ statement on second post-race drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit
The Kentucky Derby doping scandal and the May raid on the Parx Casino race track to a gaming industry rife with misconduct and desperate for a complete overhaul
Harrisburg is steamrolling harmful PA public university consolidation
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is made up of fourteen public universities located in communities throughout the commonwealth.When PASSHE was established in 1982, its purpose was to provide a high quality education at the lowest...
Would you help with our to-do list?
We don’t ask for money enough. There—I said it. Education Voters is a go-to resource for information, for advocacy, and for following what is happening in Harrisburg. And we have been a leading force in Pennsylvania’s education advocacy and policy community. We...