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Keystone State Education Coalition
PA Ed Policy Roundup for September 17, 2015:
Wolf offers concessions on liquor stores, pensions;
GOP moves stopgap budget
On GOP Presidential Debate: "Three hours and no questions directly
related to education."
Tweet by Politico Education
Reporter Caitlin Emma @caitlinzemma 8h8 hours ago
VIDEO: Governor Wolf Budget Update, 9/16/2015
Governor Tom
Wolf Published on Sep 16, 2015 YouTube runtime 5:39
VIDEO: Corman highlights
need for stop-gap budget
The PLS Reporter Author: Alanna Koll/Wednesday, September
16, 2015 runtime: 4:59
Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-Centre), along with
President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) and Senate Appropriations
Chairman Pat Browne (R-Lehigh) discuss why they are moving forward with a
stop-gap budget.
Wolf offers concessions on liquor stores, pensions
Calls his proposals
‘historic reforms’ while criticizing GOP
By Kate Giammarise / Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau
September 16, 2015
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday that he had
offered major compromises on two key issues in the budget impasse, proposing
private management of the state-owned liquor store system and a new pension
system for future state and public school employees that would save money. But in doing so, the Democratic governor
unleashed another attack on Republican legislative leaders, calling them
inflexible and uncompromising as they took steps toward passing a short-term
spending plan that he is almost certain to veto. Mr. Wolf said he would agree to lease the
liquor stores to a private entity while retaining state ownership of the system
and offered a plan with a 401(k)-style component for state and school
employees. “Today, I put on the table
historic reforms on pensions and liquor ... two things that they say are very
important to them,” he said in a late afternoon Capitol news conference. “And what do I get in return? Nothing. I got
nothing on [natural gas] severance tax. Nothing. I got nothing on education.
Nothing. I got nothing on property tax relief. And I got nothing ... on how we
are actually going to balance this budget.”
Wolf puts new offer on
table, blasts Republicans for mischaracterizing talks
Penn Live By Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com
Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
September 16, 2015 at 5:11 PM, updated September 16, 2015 at 6:19 PM
Gov. Tom Wolf put an offer on the table on Wednesday to try
to break the 85-day state
budget stalemate that included some reforms that he said
Democrats have been loathe to consider. He offered to contract out the state's wholesale and retail
liquor system to a private manager and reform the state's pension systems to
alter the plan for new hires. In return,
Wolf said he asks them to come back with a proposal for how to pay for what he
wants in education and "how we're going to put Pennsylvania's fiscal house
in order." "We proposed
something here that Democrats would never in the past propose and we expect
something in return," Wolf said. Wolf expressed outrage over the way Senate
Republican leaders characterizedthose developments from Wednesday's
budget negotiations and its plan to proceed
with moving a stopgap budget this week. "If you need any, any reminder, today is
a startling example of how broken Harrisburg is," Wolf began. "This
is really ridiculous. ... They just basically said today we just wasted three
months. "
"Wolf's savings
projection is also pumped up by another element that has drawn opposition from
the Republicans in the recent past: a $3 billion bond issue that would infuse
new cash in the Public School Employees Retirement System. The point of that effort, supporters say, is
to pare down still-growing, yearly taxpayer-funded state and school district
contributions into the school and state workers' retirement systems."
Wolf Administration
officials say latest pension reform plan would save $20.3 billion
Penn Live By Charles Thompson |
cthompson@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
September 16, 2015 at 6:41 PM, updated September 16, 2015 at 10:39 PM
Gov. Tom Wolf formally rejected a Senate Republican
reform to the state's major public pension plans Wednesday, but
offered his own new version that he said would save significantly more. Spokesmen for the majority Republican
legislative leaders said they need time to reviewWolf's latest plan,
as well as a separate one tolease the state-owned
liquor store system to a private manager. "We asked for time to think about
it," said Jennifer Kocher, spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Jake
Corman, R-Centre County. It's not
immediately clear that Democratic legislators will flock to these plans,
either.
Wolf's plan would
outsource state liquor system to private manager
Penn Live By Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Email
the author | Follow on Twitter on
September 16, 2015 at 7:54 PM, updated September 16, 2015 at 10:52 PM
After months of hearing Gov. Tom Wolf show no interest in
Republican-backed proposals to privatize the state's liquor system,
the Democratic governor has come up with an idea that would move the state in
that direction. His plan would stop
short of moving the system out of the liquor business but instead would retain
ownership and hand over management to a private company. The idea, while intriguing to the leader of
most vocal opponents to privatization, was blasted outright by the Republican
leader who has been championing the idea of selling off the liquor system for
the last few years. Until now, Wolf has
shown a willingness to modernize the state's liquor system that focused mainly
on making buying wine and spirits more convenient for consumers. On Wednesday, as part of a broader state
budget offer that also included elements of the Republicans'
pension reform plan, Wolf proposed leasing out the management of the retail and
wholesale liquor system through a competitively bid process.
Offers rejected, more
offers made, as budget negotiators continue finger-pointing during budget
stalemate
The PLS Reporter Author: Jason Gottesman/Wednesday,
September 16, 2015
After four weeks of consideration, the governor Wednesday
told legislative leaders in a face-to-face meeting that he would not accept
their offer of an additional $300 million for basic education in exchange for
the governor agreeing to a modified defined contribution-like pension reform
plan. According to Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-Centre),
this puts negotiations at square one. “It’s
unfortunate that it took four weeks to get around to rejecting our offer, but
it did, so be it,” he said. “We’re going to have these discussions and
hopefully we can continue to move closer.”
He said Republicans will continue to negotiate with Gov. Wolf to bring
his spend number down to “a reasonable number” that doesn’t require broad-based
tax increases while also working toward reforms with regard to pension plans
and liquor sales. Sen. Corman added his
entire caucus is united in holding the line on not increasing taxes. “It’s just sad,” he said about the offer’s
rejection. “Just think about what that would’ve done for schools.” According to Gov. Tom Wolf, however, Sen.
Corman’s remarks about what happened at the meeting are just the beginning of
the story.
"Minority Appropriations Chairman Vincent
Hughes said the GOP proposal was bad when it was introduced
earlier this year by Rep. Bill Adolph and it remains bad now. The proposal makes false revenue assumptions,
doesn't restore cuts to public education, doesn't restore funding for social
service programs and does move the state forward, he said. "I really think we need to get down to
the business of negotiating a state budget," Hughes said. "We need to
have a full state budget in front of us that we can put in front of the
people."
GOP Senators moving
forward with stop-gap budget over cries from Gov. Wolf, Democrats
Penn Live By Christian Alexandersen |
calexandersen@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on September 16, 2015 at 6:16 PM,
updated September 16, 2015 at 10:43 PM
Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic
lawmakers say they're against passing a stop-gap budget. But the
Republicans controlling the Pennsylvania General Assembly are doing it anyway.
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted in favor of moving
along a Republican-crafted stop-gap budget on Wednesday. The proposal -- which
includes $11 billion in spending -- provides four months of funding for state
agencies, full-year federal funding and full-year funding for other state
special funds. Wolf said at a press
conference Wednesday that he was against the stop-gap proposal and
would veto it if it got to his desk. They want to see how far they can push me.
They can't -- Gov. Tom Wolf
Wolf vows to veto GOP's
stopgap budget plan
WHYY Newsworks BY MARY WILSON SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
The tone of Pennsylvania budget talks hit a new low this
week as the governor promised to veto a stopgap measure meant to get state
funding flowing to entities facing their own fiscal cliff due to the months-long
standoff. GOP Senate Majority
Leader Jake Corman said a deal still seemed distant after a Wednesday meeting
with Democrats and the governor. As a result, he said, Republicans would go
ahead with a short-term proposal to fund schools and social services through
October. "Why can't they have some
money while we're continuing to negotiate?" Corman said during an
impromptu press conference on the steps of the Capitol rotunda. "I don't
understand why anyone would be opposed to that." Gov. Tom Wolf responded by promising to veto
the Republicans' bill.
Seth Grove: A timeline of
state budget dysfunction (column)
Rep. Seth Grove is a
Republican from Dover
Township
After only eight months in office, Gov. Tom Wolf has brought
the dysfunction of Washington , D.C.
to Pennsylvania .
Even Former Gov. Ed Rendell, whose administration was known for late budgets,
never vetoed an entire budget proposal. Unlike Gov. Wolf, Gov. Rendell
understood the impact of a full veto on Pennsylvanians. From school districts
to human services organizations, they are all being crushed by Gov. Wolf's
decision to veto the entire budget. Now
over 70 days into Gov. Wolf's budget impasse, the General Assembly has been
forced to look at passing a stopgap budget in order to assist Pennsylvanians in
need — due, in part, to House Democrats voting against overriding some of Gov.
Wolf's vetoed budget line items. Unfortunately, as the timeline below shows,
Gov. Wolf has adopted President Obama's form of governing as he refuses to even
respond to our compromise of 300 million additional education dollars.
"Voters in Pennsylvania
Wolf, lawmakers need to
stop messing around and finish the budget: Brenda Finucane
PennLive Op-Ed By Brendan Finucane on September
16, 2015 at 2:00 PM, updated September 16, 2015 at 2:03 PM
Brendan Finucane is Professor of Economics at
Shippensburg University
Simply stated, Pennsylvania needs a structurally sound
balanced budget that achieves what polls show people want - increased school
funding with a severance tax and property tax relief. And when do we need it? Now would be a good time! Instead, we're getting delaying tactics from
some Legislative leaders in Harrisburg who appear to be trying to duplicate the
gridlock and dysfunction that the Republican-controlled Congress in D.C. has
perfected since 2010. Here in Pennsylvania, we can, and we must, do better. Rather than negotiating a compromise budget
deal, Republican leaders this week will try to push stopgap funding for schools
and some programs through the Senate. The House may try something similar next
week. Legislature leaders say short-term
funding is necessary. The budget stalemate already caused the state to miss its
first payment to school districts and put some funding for community services
on hold. The situation is ironic: these same legislators voted to cut
funding for many of these programs over the past four years and now refuse to
raise revenue to restore funding and avoid more downgrades to the state's
credit rating.
Take a wild guess: When will Gov. Wolf and
the Legislature agree on a final budget?
LANCASTERONLINE | Staff
by Associated Press September 16, 2015
The
Pennsylvania Senate is
returning to Harrisburg for the first time in two months as majority
Republicans look to start advancing a short-term spending package to break a
budget stalemate. But
seriously: Don't get your hopes up. Gov.
Tom Wolf appears
to be in no mood to break the 11-week-old budget impasse by signing
onto a short-term spending plan that the Legislature's big Republican
majorities are preparing to advance. The
first-term Democrat said during a regular appearance on Pittsburgh radio
station KDKA-AM that he would sign a "reasonable" stopgap spending
plan. But he went on to say that he had no drop-dead date in mind for signing a
short-term plan to release funding to school districts and an array of
safety-net services, and that he would sign such a plan only if he already had
a general budget agreement with lawmakers. So
here's the question: If the governor and our legislators can't even agree on a
short-term plan, what hope is there they'll come together on a final state
budget anytime soon? Keep in
mind the year 2003, when a nine-month budget standoff between then-Gov. Ed
Rendell and the General Assembly lasted until late December. It ended wen
lawmakers passed a three-part package raising personal-income taxes for the
first time since 1991.
"Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy
and planning chief and top representative John Hanger, was on hand to explain
what Wolf is looking for in a new budget, and what he hopes to achieve from it. Hanger maintained that education is a top
priority for Wolf, and that he is aiming to undo the damage that has been done
to education funding in the last four years with a more “honest, balanced
budget.” “We can’t have any stability in
any part of this budget unless it’s honestly balanced, where the revenues match
the expenses,” Hanger said."
William Penn
residents complain about state education funding
By Nick Tricome, Times Correspondent POSTED: 09/15/15, 10:17 PM
EDT
YEADON
>> Residents, William Penn School District board directors and faculty,
and state and local officials gathered at the Penn Wood High School Cypress
Street Campus last Thursday night to discuss the ongoing state budget crisis. The forum was put together by Yeadon Borough,
Building One Pennsylvania (a branch of a national organization that advocates
for fair funding of toward education, housing, transportation and
infrastructure) and members of the school district. One of
the goals of the forum, as outlined by borough Mayor Rohan Hepkins, was to
educate residents on how schools are funded in Pennsylvania, and why the steep
property taxes they face are allegedly a result from an unfair funding
structure from the state. Hepkins also
wanted the forum to be a chance to hear from state legislators themselves, as
well as prod them to pass a “fair and adequate budget, while providing real
property tax relief that is suffocating our residents,” and tell residents how
they can help in the push for a better budget.
Lack of state budget,
rising pension costs put pressure on school districts
By Pennsylvania Business Daily Report Tuesday, Sep 15,
2015 @ 6:57pm
Rising pension costs, coupled with a statewide budget impasse that is almost 80 days old, has put localPennsylvania
school districts in a hefty money crunch as they await state education funding. “School districts across Pennsylvania are
opening their doors for a new academic year without a state budget and the
funding they need to operate,” Pennsylvania School Boards Association Director
of Government Affairs John Callhan Sr. said. “The state already owes
school districts for two missed subsidy payments.” So far, school districts have received zero
state education funding dollars for fiscal year 2015-16. Several, in fact, plan
to increase their debt load in order to pay their bills and make payroll so
that the state’s more than 1.8 million students continue learning. Others are
considering a variety of plans to deal with the budget stalemate. Additionally,
Callhan told Pennsylvania Business Daily that “school boards
are making contingency plans to deal with anticipated cash flow deficits.”
Rising pension costs, coupled with a statewide budget impasse that is almost 80 days old, has put local
Badams 'considering' school shutdown in Erie, asking
teachers to work without pay
By Erica
Erwin 814-870-1846 Erie
Times-News September 16, 2015 04:58 PM
ERIE, Pa. -- Erie
schools Superintendent Jay Badams said he is "seriously considering"
exploring temporarily shutting down the district or asking district employees
to work voluntarily without pay in light of the ongoing state budget impasse. "It's really bothering my
conscience" that the district will have to open a $30 million line of
credit to continue operating if the budget is not passed by the end of the
month, Badams said today. The line of
credit comes at a cost: about $40,000 in origination fees alone. "That's a teacher's salary," Badams
said. Badams has called a special
meeting of the Erie School Board for noon on Monday at the district's administration
building, 148 W. 21st St., to discuss whether the district should open the line
of credit or explore other options, including a shutdown or asking employees to
work voluntarily.
http://www.goerie.com/badams-considering-school-shutdown-in-erie-asking-teachers-to-work-without-pay
State Board of Education
special committee recommends denying application for township transfer
Penn Live By Tricia Kline | Special to PennLive on
September 16, 2015 at 4:33 PM, updated September 16, 2015 at 9:41 PM
Nonrenewal hearing for a Philly
Renaissance charter
the notebook By David
Limm on Sep 16, 2015 02:06 PM
Update: The School District announced Wednesday
afternoon that the hearing on nonrenewal of Universal Bluford
Academy
A nonrenewal hearing will be held this week for one of the city's first schools to be "Renaissanced" under the District's turnaround model that converts neighborhood schools to charters. On Sept. 17 and 18, the School Reform Commission will conduct a public hearing on the District's recommendation to begin nonrenewal proceedings forUniversal Bluford
Charter School ,
a K-6 school in West Philadelphia . Last year,
the school enrolled 600 students. In May, the SRC
voted 4-1 against renewing the school's five-year charter, triggering
the charter nonrenewal-and-revocation process. The hearing is only the second
in a multi-step and potentially long process, which might or might
not result in a school's closing. The District's case
against Bluford centers on its findings that the school failed to meet
performance and growth benchmarks and that some of its operating procedures ran
afoul of the terms laid out by the school's charter.
A nonrenewal hearing will be held this week for one of the city's first schools to be "Renaissanced" under the District's turnaround model that converts neighborhood schools to charters. On Sept. 17 and 18, the School Reform Commission will conduct a public hearing on the District's recommendation to begin nonrenewal proceedings for
Radnor teachers end moratorium
on writing college recommendations
WHYY Newsworks BY LAURA BENSHOFF SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Last week, Radnor , Pennsylvania Radnor High School
New York Times By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS SEPT. 16, 2015
H.S. CLASS OF 2016 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CUT-OFF
SCORES VARY BY STATE BUT ASSURE MOST AWARDS GO TO AFFLUENT FAMILIES; TEST
SCORES DO NOT MEASURE “MERIT,” AS 850 SAT/ACT-OPTIONAL SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATE
National Center for Fair & Open Testing for further
information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 cell (239) 699-0468 for immediate
release, Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Average SAT scores by family income for students in
the high school class of 2015
National Center for Fair & Open Testing for further
information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 cell (239) 699-0468 for immediate
release, Tuesday, September 15, 2015
The number of black teachers has dropped in nine U.S.
The number of black
public school teachers in nine cities — including the country’s three largest
school districts — dropped between 2002 and 2012, raising questions about
whether those school systems are doing enough to maintain a diverse teaching
corps, according to a new report to be released Wednesday. The study by the Albert Shanker Institute, a
think tank funded by the American Federation of Teachers, looked at teacher
data from nine cities: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, New
Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The research found
that each city saw a drop in the number of black teachers in traditional and
charter schools. The issue of teacher
diversity is important because research has suggested that students who are
racially paired with teachers — black teachers working with black students and
Hispanic teachers working with Hispanic students — do better academically.
Teachers of color also can serve as powerful role models for minority students,
who are more likely to live in poor neighborhoods than white students and less
likely to know other adults who are college graduates.
Taxpayers paid for charter school property, but they
don’t own it
Taxpayers paid for
the furniture, computers and other equipment that students used at 10 Ohio charter schools.
But the public doesn’t own the things it paid for, according to the state
Supreme Court. The court ruled in a
split decision Tuesday that the assets are instead the property of White Hat
Management, the for-profit company that once managed the 10 schools. If
the schools want their chairs and desks, they’ll have to buy them back, paying
for them a second time with taxpayer dollars.
That might seem incredible, but that’s what the schools agreed to in their
contracts with White Hat, and the contracts have to be honored, ruled Justice
Judith Ann Lanzinger, writing for the majority.
“The schools were represented by their own legal counsel, and they
agreed to provisions in the contracts,” Lanzinger wrote. Unless there is fraud
involved, she wrote, “ ‘courts are powerless to save a competent person from
the effects of his own voluntary agreement.’ ”
PSBA launches an alumni
network
Are you a former school director or in your final term? Stay connected through the PSBA Alumni Network. Your interest in public education continues beyond your term of service as a school director. And as a PSBA alumnus, you have years of experience and insight into the workings of public education and school boards. Legislators value your opinions as a former elected official. Take that knowledge and put it to work as a member of the PSBA Alumni Network.
For a nominal yearly fee of $25 a year or $100 for a lifetime membership, you will receive:
Are you a former school director or in your final term? Stay connected through the PSBA Alumni Network. Your interest in public education continues beyond your term of service as a school director. And as a PSBA alumnus, you have years of experience and insight into the workings of public education and school boards. Legislators value your opinions as a former elected official. Take that knowledge and put it to work as a member of the PSBA Alumni Network.
For a nominal yearly fee of $25 a year or $100 for a lifetime membership, you will receive:
- Electronic access to the PSBA
Bulletin, the leading public education magazine in Pennsylvania
- Access to legislative information
pertaining to public education and periodic updates via email.
To join, complete
the registration below. For more details or questions, contact Member
Engagement Director Karen Devine at Karen.devine@psba.org or (800)
932-0588, ext. 3322.
Help fund the statewide
tour of a live documentary play about the struggle to save public education in Pennsylvania
After
standing-room-only shows at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center in April,
we’re taking this compelling play about the precarious state of public
education back to the people who lent us their voices and stories. This
October, we’re traveling across the state, putting on free performances to
spark conversations and engage citizens.
School Play is a work of grassroots theatre, woven from the
narratives of hundreds of Pennsylvanians affected by our state’s school funding
crisis. The play is entirely crowd-sourced; the script is derived from the
words of students, parents, educators and legislators, and is available online
for anyone to perform. Artists Arden
Kass, Seth Bauer and Edward Sobel created School Play out of
our personal concern for our kids and our communities. The result is a funny,
sad, straight-talking documentary theatre piece, told through the words of real
people. You can read more about School
Play here, here, here and here.
Register Now for the Fifth
Annual Arts and Education Symposium Oct. 29th Harrisburg
Thursday, October
29, 2015 Radisson Hotel Harrisburg Convention Center 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Act
48 Credit is available. The event will be a daylong convening of arts education
policy leaders and practitioners for lively discussions about important policy
issues and the latest news from the field. The symposium is hosted by EPLC and
the Pennsylvania Arts Education Network, and supported by a generous grant from
The Heinz Endowments.
The John Stoops Lecture
Series: Dr. Pasi Sahlberg "Education Around the World: Past, Present &
Future" Lehigh University October 8, 2015 6:00 p.m.
Baker Hall |Zoellner Arts
Center | 420 E. Packer Avenue | Bethlehem , PA 18015
Baker Hall |
Free and open to the
public! Ticketing is general admission -
no preseating will be assigned. Arrive early for the best seats. Please plan to stay post-lecture for an open
reception where you will have an opportunity to meet with students from all of
our programs to learn about the latest innovations in education and human
services.
Register now for the
2015 PASCD 65th Annual Conference, Leading and Achieving in an Interconnected World, to be
held November 15-17, 2015 at Pittsburgh Monroeville Convention
Center.
The Conference
will Feature Keynote Speakers: Meenoo Rami – Teacher and Author “Thrive:
5 Ways to (Re)Invigorate Your Teaching,” Mr. Pedro Rivera, Pennsylvania
Secretary of Education, Heidi Hayes-Jacobs – Founder and President of
Curriculum Design, Inc. and David Griffith – ASCD Senior Director of Public
Policy. This annual conference features small group sessions focused on:
Curriculum and Supervision, Personalized and Individualized Learning,
Innovation, and Blended and Online Learning. The PASCD Conference is
a great opportunity to stay connected to the latest approaches for innovative
change in your school or district. Join us forPASCD 2015!
Online registration is available by visiting www.pascd.org <http://www.pascd.org/>
Slate of
candidates for PSBA offices now available online
PSBA website July 31, 2015
PSBA website July 31, 2015
The
slate of candidates for 2016 PSBA officer and at-large representatives is now
available online, including bios, photos and videos. According to
recent PSBA Bylaws changes, each member school entity casts one vote per
office. Voting will again take place online through a secure, third-party
website -- Simply Voting. Voting will
open Aug. 17 and closes Sept.
28. One person
from the school entity (usually the board secretary) is authorized to register
the vote on behalf of the member school entity and each board will need to put
on its agenda discussion and voting at one of its meetings in August or
September. Each person authorized to register the school entity's votes has
received an email on July 16 to verify the email address and confirm they are
the person to register the vote on behalf of their school entity.
Register Now for PASA-PSBA
School Leadership Conference Oct. 14-16, 2015 Hershey Lodge & Convention
Center
Save the date for the
professional development event of the year. Be inspired at more than four
exciting venues and invest in professional development for top administrators
and school board members. Online registration is live at:
Register Now – PAESSP
State Conference – Oct. 18-20 – State College, PA
Registration is now
open for PAESSP's State Conference to be held October 18-20 at The
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, PA! This year's
theme is @EVERYLEADER and features three nationally-known keynote
speakers (Dr. James Stronge, Justin Baeder and Dr. Mike Schmoker), professional
breakout sessions, a legal update, exhibits, Tech Learning Labs and many
opportunities to network with your colleagues (Monday evening event with Jay
Paterno). Once again, in conjunction
with its conference, PAESSP will offer two 30-hour Act 45 PIL-approved
programs, Linking Student Learning to Teacher Supervision and Evaluation
(pre-conference offering on 10/17/15); and Improving Student Learning
Through Research-Based Practices: The Power of an Effective Principal (held
during the conference, 10/18/15 -10/20/15). Register for either or both PIL
programs when you register for the Full Conference!
REGISTER TODAY for
the Conference and Act 45 PIL program/s at:
Interested in letting our
elected leadership know your thoughts on education funding, a severance tax,
property taxes and the budget?
Governor Tom Wolf,
(717) 787-2500
Speaker of the
House Rep. Mike Turzai, (717) 772-9943
House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed, (717) 705-7173
Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Joe Scarnati, (717) 787-7084
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377
House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed, (717) 705-7173
Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Joe Scarnati, (717) 787-7084
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377
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