From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/):
We are hearing rumblings that lawmakers may be planning to move terrible charter legislation we had hoped they had abandoned, HB 530, out of committee. It would then only need a vote in the House and a concurrence vote in the Senate before going to Governor Wolf for his signature.
Lawmakers must think that they will be able to slip this legislation through unnoticed in the last days of the session.
They need to know we are watching and that we expect them to oppose this bad charter school legislation.
Contact your lawmakers now at http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6041/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12510 to tell them to oppose HB 530. Please send an email and then take a minute to make a phone call.
- HB 530 fails to address financial transparency and accountability issues in the current law that allow charter operators to siphon money away from schools and into their pockets out of the public eye.
- HB 530 allows charter to continue to reap more than $100 million in profits off overpayments for students with disabilities every year.
- HB 530 fails to protect taxpayers and strips control from local communities by enabling the expansion of charter schools with less accountability and without the approval of local school boards.
Tell your state senator, representative, and Governor Wolf to oppose HB 530.
Email and call your state lawmakers now. Tell them to oppose HB 530.
Pennsylvanians need real charter school reform that will fix the flaws in the current law, protect taxpayers and strengthen public education. Lawmakers need to abandon the flawed HB 530 and begin work on new charter legislation when they come back in the new session.
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