Without State Budget, Public Schools Face Cuts of $1 Billion—Tell PA Legislators to Pass a Budget

From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/):

Unless our state leaders take action to fund the state budget, our public schools could be facing cuts of nearly $1 billion. 

The legislature passed budget this summer but not a revenue bill to pay for that budget, leaving a funding hole of more than $2 billion.  If the General Assembly does not agree to a responsible revenue plan, it may force cuts in funding for our public schools of close to $1 billion. A dramatic cut like that would directly harm students across the state and could mean teacher layoffs, cutbacks in classes and programs, and forcing school districts to increase property taxes.

Elected officials must hear from their constituents so they make students a priority and take action to avert these cuts.

Please call or email your legislators TODAY:

Find your state representative and their contact information here

Tell them: Every student deserves access to a quality education no matter where that student lives. Thank you for your support!

We also ask that you ask your network to take to social media and deliver the same message to legislators.

Here are some sample tweets:

• Our students can’t afford more cuts! #FairFundingPA #pabudget #NoSchoolCuts
• Time for action: pass responsible revenue plan with recurring $ to fully fund our schools #FairFundingPA #pabudget #NoSchoolCuts
• General Assembly – you must pass a state revenue package that stops $1B in education funding cuts #FairFundingPA #pabudget #NoSchoolCuts
• Last time PA school funding was cut by $1B, students lost 20K teachers, suffered cuts in classes & programs #pabudget #NoSchoolCuts

Here are some sample Facebook posts:

• PA legislature MUST stand for students and pass a responsible state funding plan to head off drastic, painful cuts to schools.
• A $1 billion cut in education funding will harm Pennsylvania students; the legislature must take action to fund the state budget this year and beyond.
• Our kids can’t afford a $1 billion cut in state funding for schools. PA legislators: please take action now to fund the state budget.