Additional funding and transparency proposed for PA’s EITC/OSTC school voucher programs
n 2001, Pennsylvania enacted the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) school voucher program and funded it with $20 million. Over the past 20+ years, state lawmakers implemented a second school voucher program, the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit program...
Webinar: How School Vouchers Hurt Students
We are so excited that Dr. Josh Cowen, a national expert on school vouchers, will be joining Ed Voters for a webinar about school vouchers on Tuesday, October 10th at noon. Click HERE to register for the webinar. Dr. Cowen is a Professor of Education Policy at...
The Table for Constitutional School Funding in PA
On February 7, 2023, Commonwealth Court ruled definitively that Pennsylvania’s school funding system is unconstitutional. A month later Governor Shapiro stated during his budget address, “[The judge’s] remedy was for us to get around the table and come up with a...
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Towanda Area SD discusses the impact of cyber school on its annual budget NEW: How do vouchers defund public schools? @joshcowenMSU New Republic uses KRC data to show how PA is funding discriminatory schools "Our public-school system is drowning, and conservative billionaires like Yass are shoving our kids further underwater. As a parent, I’m begging Pennsylvania’s state legislature to fund our public schools now." -Maria Hernandez, @MakeTheRoadPA Sorry it doesn't fit the rhetoric, but yeah, the PA school funding case was about ... inadequate school funding.
đź’°New #voucher costs for private school students are breaking budgets
✂️ Cuts to K-12 funding are paired with fixed costs
đź’¸ Districts pick up voucher costs
Read Catherine Caruso’s piece here👇
And what does it require now?
"Providing all students in every district throughout Pennsylvania, not just Petitioners, with an adequately funded education."
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