HB 805: Lawmakers should focus on adequately funding our schools, not making it easier to cut teachers from our children’s classrooms
Susan Spicka, Director of Education Voters of PA made the following statement about HB 805: Supporters of HB 805 call this bill the "Protect Excellent Teachers Act,” but, in fact, this bill does not protect our teachers. Instead, this bill creates a mechanism that...
One Win, Many Losses and Finally A Finished State Budget
On Friday last week, Governor Wolf announced that the Fiscal Code, the final piece of budget legislation for 2015-2016, would become law without his signature. This brings the 2015-2016 budget to a close. The Win The Fiscal Code contains language that distributes new...
Look who supports the school funding lawsuit & learn how you can support it, too!
UPDATE: April 20, 2016--Oral argument will not be heard in May. It will be heard later in the year. The PA Supreme Court will hear argument for the school funding lawsuit this year, perhaps as early as in May. Throughout Pennsylvania, our schools have not received...
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