Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-06-21/education/concerns-about-school-funding-as-pa-budget-deadline-nears/a58212-1 June 21, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania legislators are trying to close the state budget gap without raising new revenue. (Jim Bowen/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Education advocates in … Continued
Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/severance-tax-basics Jun 16, 2017 06:40 pm | Marc Stier Pennsylvania has been considering a severance tax on natural gas for years. Here are four reasons it is long overdue: A severance tax can bring in substantial and, as … Continued
From Pre-K for PA (http://www.prekforpa.org/): It’s that time of year again – legislators and Governor Wolf are negotiating the PA budget and this year $75 million in pre-k funding is on the table. The funding would support 8,400 new pre-k … Continued
From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/): Unless the state invests more in basic education funding, our public schools will continue to be forced to make cuts and impose local tax increases that hurt our students and communities. State … Continued
From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/): With two weeks remaining to the state’s budget deadline, it is imperative for lawmakers to hear from their constituents about the need to invest more in our public school students. The Governor … Continued
Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/what-would-adequate-pennsylvania-budget-look-year Jun 15, 2017 05:55 pm | Marc Stier A really good budget for Pennsylvania would begin addressing our long-term public investment deficit. It would provide new funds to: eliminate our worst-in-the-nation inequality in K-12 school funding; expand … Continued
From Hunger-Free Pennsylvania (http://www.hungerfreepa.org/): If you agree with the message below go to https://hungerfreepa.salsalabs.org/may2017emailactionalert/index.html to take action today. Please feel free to share this message far and wide! As a constituent who cares about the people in our community struggling … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): We recently joined our partner Fight Crime: Invest in Kids to advocate for the expansion of evidence-based home visiting and promote its new report, Preventing Crime Through Voluntary Home Visiting. District Attorneys and policymakers – including … Continued
Eric Fritz, PA’s Choice coordinator in southeast Pennsylvania, has arranged SEVEN district office meetings in June. Eric is inviting PA’s Choice partners (the Council is a partner) to help recruit participants – especially constituents – for these meetings. Please notify … Continued
Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/may/pennsylvanias-budget-choices-year May 27, 2017 10:01 am | Marc Stier As we head into what everyone hopes will be the last month of the Pennsylvania budget season, this is a good moment to take stock of where we are … Continued