PENNSYLVANIANS OPPOSED TO VOUCHERS
17 statewide organizations issue joint statement outlining projected costs to taxpayers
American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania
American Federation of Teachers – PA
Americans United for Separation of Church and State – PA chapters
Education Voters PA
Equality Pennsylvania
Jewish Labor Committee
League of Women Voters Pennsylvania
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP‐PA)
Penn Action
Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)
Pennsylvania
A bill pending in the state Senate that would offer state-funded vouchers to poor parents to send their children to the schools of their choice has ignited a storm of controversy. Supporters say the bill, Senate Bill 1, would help children now stuck in failing schools move to better schools, whether public or private, where they will learn what they need to know to succeed in life. But, public school officials believe the proposal would take money away from the public schools during a recession, when the state itself faces a $4 billion shortfall.
Kampf Introduces Bill to Exempt School Districts From Prevailing Wage
2/16/2011
Rep. Warren Kampf (R-Chester/Montgomery) today introduced a bill to reduce costs for school districts across Pennsylvania
Kampf calls the bill the "School Construction Cost Reduction Act."
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