PENNSYLVANIANS OPPOSED TO VOUCHERS - 17 organizations/ North Penn Reporter: voucher debate/ Kampf Introduces Bill to Exempt School Districts From Prevailing Wage

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 Law Center

Education Voters PA

Equality Pennsylvania

Jewish Labor Committee

League of Women Voters Pennsylvania

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP‐PA)

Pennsylvania Parent Teacher Association (PTA‐PA)

Penn Action

Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators (PAPSA)

Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS)

Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (PASCD)

Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA)

Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA)

Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)

http://www.psba.org/issues-advocacy/issues-research/vouchers/POV-news-release-2-15-11.pdf

Pennsylvania's voucher proposal stirs local education debate

By LINDA STEIN, Staff Writer, North Penn Reporter, Published: Monday, February 21, 2011

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.

http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2011/02/21/news/doc4d61f8a307320449699712.txt?viewmode=fullstory

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 by exempting them from the state's prevailing wage requirements for public works contracts, unless they choose to opt in to those requirements. 

Kampf calls the bill the "School Construction Cost Reduction Act."  

http://www.repkampf.com/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=10540