Join for a quick update on Harrisburg’s plans for public education

From Education Voters of PA, don’t miss out on this opportunity today. Over the next month, PA lawmakers and Governor Wolf will be negotiating a budget that is supposed to be signed into law by June 30th. What happens over the next month could have a profound impact on Pennsylvania’s educational landscape. And lawmakers appear to…

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It’s time to Level Up school funding in PA

from Susan Spicka, Executive Director, Education Voters of PA: Pennsylvania has among the widest funding gaps in the country between high-wealth and low-wealth school districts. The severe underfunding for students in less affluent districts is the reason behind the school funding lawsuit, which is set to go to trial in September of this year. Recently,…

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Underfunded: Inside the Fight to Fairly Fund Public Schools in Pennsylvania

Education Voters of Pennsylvania has a new podcast focused on the fight to fairly fund Pennsylvania’s public schools. You can catch their first episode here: https://podlink.to/underfunded You can read all about it here: http://educationvoterspa.org/blog/underfunded-inside-the-fight-to-fairly-fund-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/

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Pennsylvania Legislature Letter

Pennsylvanians for Fair Funding has prepared a letter to Governor Wolf, PA House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler, and PA Senate President pro tempore Jacob Corman, that stresses that fair funding for Pennsylvania public schools must be a top priority this budget season. They need your help to make this letter land with the impact our children deserve! Please sign…

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What the American Rescue Plan means for PA’s public schools

from the good people at Education Voters of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania will receive nearly $5 billion in one-time federal funding for K-12 schools in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 through the Elementary and Secondary School Relief Fund (ESSER). Ninety percent of the ARP ESSER funding, or $4,372,333,875, will flow directly to school districts…

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BASD Resolution on Fair and Adequate Funding

The Bethlehem Area School District recently passed this level Up Pa Resolution on fair and adequate funding. You can view it on the link below https://basd.paproudparents.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Level-Up-PA-Resolution-Rev-Signed.pdf

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Rep. Joe Ciresi shares his thoughts on HB 272

We recently reached out to Rep. Joe Ciresi to share his thoughts on his co-sponsored House Bill, HB 272. We appreciate him taking the time to share with our group. The pursuit of progress in government never ends. Since Pennsylvania adopted its state constitution in 1776, lawmakers and citizens alike have tried to improve and…

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Learn About Charter School Special Education Funding

From Education Voters of Pennsylvania: Special education funding for charter schools is a hot topic in Harrisburg. For the first time ever, we have a real chance to fix Pennsylvania’s charter school law to eliminate profits that charter schools reap off of special education tuition payments and to increase school choice for students with disabilities.…

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