From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/):
On June 28th, the Senate Education Committee approved HB 97 by a 7-5 vote and sent it to the Appropriations Committee.
We don’t know what lawmakers have planned for HB 97 over the weekend. The Senate may vote on HB 97, it may be placed into the school code, where it would become law if Wolf does not veto it, or it may wait until the fall.
Lobbyists for the charter school industry will be swarming the Capitol, putting significant pressure on lawmakers to enact HB 97.
Would you please make one quick phone call to tell your state senator to oppose HB 97? Go to http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6041/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=12989 for contact information.
Lawmakers need to be reminded that they were elected to represent their constituents, not the charter school industry.
Worth noting: Before the Senate Education Committee passed HB 97, they amended the bill to make it even more favorable to the charter industry by stripping out $27 million in savings that school districts would have received this year and next year as a result of changes in cyber charter school tuition payments.
Please contact your state senator to tell him/her to oppose HB 97.
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