Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-02-07/education/report-pa-scholarship-tax-credit-lacks-transparency/a77728-1 February 7, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A corporate tax break in Pennsylvania funding scholarship programs for K-12 private and religious schools lacks sufficient data to determine its success, … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): The state budget is done and a last-ditch effort made by anti-public education lawmakers to include harmful charter school legislation in the school code bill was defeated. Governor Wolf stood strong with our public … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On May 7, by a near party-line vote of 111 to 85, the Pennsylvania House passed HB 800, a reckless, unchecked, massive expansion of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) school voucher program in … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Things have been quiet in Harrisburg. State lawmakers have been enjoying a break before they come back next week to begin hashing out the 2018-2019 state budget. When they return, we expect legislative leaders … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Things have been quiet in Harrisburg. State lawmakers have been enjoying a break before they come back next week to begin hashing out the 2018-2019 state budget. When they return, we expect legislative leaders … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-14/education/house-bill-would-divert-more-public-money-to-private-schools/a56859-1 March 14, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window House Bill 250 would expand two educational tax-credit programs by a total of $75 million. (Jared Kofsky/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – State … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): As early as Monday, March 13, we expect to see the PA House vote on legislation to increase funding for private school scholarships through PA’s super voucher programs, the Educational Improvement Tax Credit and Opportunity … Continued