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Susan Spicka retweeted
HAPPENING NOW: petitioners and attorneys in the school funding case say the adoption of a 2024-25 #PABudget is only a small piece of what's needed. Without a plan to close adequacy gaps w/ a specific timeline, constitutional compliance is not being addressed.
#FinishTheJob
Susan Spicka retweeted
Tell state lawmakers to reform cyber charter school funding. Pennsylvanians’ property taxes should be invested in educating students, not wasted on advertising, gift cards, and lucrative contracts or packed into cyber charter asset hoards.
actionnetwork.org/letters/pa…
Susan Spicka retweeted
yeah.......... No.
#SchoolVouchersAreALie #NoToSchoolVouchers #PAedfunding #DefendPublicSchools #lifelinescholarships 🚮
Susan Spicka retweeted
Constitutional compliance requires a long-term commitment to fill the adequacy gap for students in every community.
HB2370 proposed a seven year plan and was passed by a bipartisan majority of the House and endorsed by the governor.
It's time to get it done.
#PABudget
Susan Spicka retweeted
Ed Voters PA report indicates 'staggering growth' in cyber charter assets, millions spent on advertising @IndianaGazette @pahousegop @pasenategop @pahousedems @pasenatedems tiogapublishing.com/news/sta…
Susan Spicka retweeted
Thank you @RepMcClinton for your leadership and your commitment to PA's public school students!
Our children cannot wait for us to do anything but invest every single tax dollar back into public schools! the @pahousedems are fighting for our #YoungestConstituents and public education! Thank you to all of our community advocates for joining us at the Capitol!
📚✏️📓📝📗🖍️
Susan Spicka retweeted
We delivered this letter from organizations that oppose private school vouchers to @GovernorShapiro Pennsylvania students need constitutional public school funding, not more vouchers for discriminatory private & religious schools. edvoterspa.org/wp-content/up…
Susan Spicka retweeted
Thank you @RepFiedler! It's time to #FinishTheJob to fully and fairly #FundPAPublicSchools! #PABudget #PASchoolsWork
So proud to join more than 200 parents, school staff & students with @MaketheRoadPA to #FundPAPublicSchools!
Right now, our schools are failing to keep kids safe and healthy. But we can change that by passing full education funding in this year’s budget and for years to come. 📚
Susan Spicka retweeted
Dear @GovernorShapiro, no additional tax $$ should be sent to private & religious schools that discriminate against students, including those who are disabled, pregnant, or part of the LGBTQ+ community. @PaHouseDems @PAHouseGOP @PASenateGOP @PASenateGOP newrepublic.com/article/1808…
Susan Spicka retweeted
Pennsylvanians have spent $2.6 BILLION on school vouchers since 2001. We do not know who has benefitted from vouchers or what impact this spending has had on student achievement. @palan57 @KRC_PA forbes.com/sites/petergreene…
Susan Spicka retweeted
We want to know how much cyber charter schools are spending on wasteful items like food trucks in the audit by @PAAuditorGen Tim DeFoor.
We need transparency and accountability of taxpayer $ to ensure that every child has equitable educational opportunities in PA.
#PACyberAudit
Susan Spicka retweeted
Pennsylvania's constitutional obligation isn't fulfilled by funding school vouchers. Let's prioritize investing in a comprehensive, effective, and contemporary public education for ALL students.
#PublicEducationMatters #InvestInPublicSchools #ConstitutionalCommitment
Susan Spicka retweeted
"Money was so tight on one campus, that one former Universal teacher told investigators she resorted to having her students cook and sell lunches to faculty members to raise funds to pay for basic classroom supplies...Meanwhile, its top executive was draining Universal’s coffers"
NEW: Former exec at Philly music icon Kenny Gamble’s nonprofit convicted of embezzlement, bribery
The verdict comes less than two years after Rahim Islam was acquitted of bribing another official -- Philly City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson
inquirer.com/news/rahim-isla…
Susan Spicka retweeted
On the left, the @washingtonpost graph of LGBTQ hate crimes in public schools
On the right from @FutureEdGU the latest surge in red state voucher bills, often tracking anti-LGBTQ legislation in the name of “parents rights”
These are part of the same Right-wing push.
Susan Spicka retweeted
In PA, private school vouchers pour millions of dollars into religious schools that promote Christian nationalism and hate. The Dayspring Christian Academy in Lancaster Co. is even bringing in Tucker Carlson as a speaker. edvoterspa.org/2024/03/our-t…
Susan Spicka retweeted
Our senior attorney @Dan_UA testified about the game-changing long-term plan on the table for constitutional public school funding.
“We cannot let another generation of children pass by before getting this right.”
pubintlaw.org/cases-and-proj…
Susan Spicka retweeted
In PA, tax dollars fund vouchers for religious schools that kick out girls who get pregnant. Do the PA religious voucher schools’ church leaders believe that rape victims deserved to be raped like the pastor at this NC voucher school? We do not know…
edvoterspa.org/wp-content/up…
Susan Spicka retweeted
School vouchers = the Moms for Liberty agenda. M4L school board members enact policies that harm vulnerable students, restrict information & ban books in public schools. Vouchers give tax $ to private schools that discriminate against vulnerable students & teach the Bible as fact
Susan Spicka retweeted
For the past five consecutive years, the State of Education report has found that mandatory charter school tuition payments are the top source of budget pressure for school districts. #CharterReform is long overdue!
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