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Keystone State Education Coalition
PA Ed Policy Roundup November 30, 2015:
Day 153: Legislators hunting for #PABudget; their
automatic COLA kicks in tomorrow
"The automatic COLA for
legislators should be repealed and all future increases voted on by each member
and then only effective after they stand for re-election before their
constituents. That's what the constitution says; and that's what should be done."
Unconstitutional Cost of
Living Adjustment should be repealed: PennLive letters
Penn Live Letters to the
Editor by Barry Shutt November 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM
Watch for it folks
... all you taxpayers and especially those receiving social security. It's
coming in a few weeks, after Black Friday and just before Hanukkah and
Christmas. It's nothing to celebrate unless you're one of the elites under the
capitol dome in Harrisburg .
But for the rest of us it's essentially a kick in the teeth. What is it? It's the automatic Cost of
Living Adjustment coming on December 1st for the "big shots" in Harrisburg ; those elected
to serve but who, more often than not, serve only themselves. Who cares if the automatic COLA violates the
intent, if not the precise language of the constitution? Who cares if Social
Security recipients won't receive a COLA this year? Not that the state
legislature controls Social Security benefits, but they can control the
automatic COLA but they won't.
Some lawmakers to hunt
despite budget impasse
York Daily Record by Teresa Boeckel, tboeckel@ydr.com2:46 p.m. EST
November 28, 2015
State Rep. Dan Moul
is a hunter, but he will not be heading into the woods for the first day of
firearms deer season this year. "That
would be bad," he said on Friday afternoon.
That's because it's
been almost five months now that the state has been operating without a budget.
Lawmakers are scheduled to come back to work after the Thanksgiving break,
but it will not be Monday morning. The
state Senate hasn't scheduled session until Wednesday.
The state House has
planned a non-voting session on Monday. Some Republicans have noted they might
be called to work on Monday evening. That would let them hunt all morning
and clean up in time to get to Harrisburg . Moul, R-Gettysburg, said he plans to work at
his district office on Monday. He can always go hunting another time.
Taxes remain key in Pa.
Penn Live By The Associated
Press on November 28, 2015 at 11:15 AM, updated November 28, 2015
at 12:27 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)
— Pennsylvania
is now five months into a budget impasse with taxes the main sticking
point — a scenario familiar to anyone who's tried to understand the Byzantine
motives that drive elected officials in its capital city. A "framework" agreement being
worked out between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled
Legislature teetered on the edge of collapse after Republicans said a key
element, increasing sales taxes to plug a budget deficit and cut school
property taxes, lacked support among their ranks. A few days later, a Senate Republican proposal to impose a $12 billion
to $14 billion state tax increase to fully eliminate the hated school property
taxes — legislation Wolf opposed — failed by a single vote last week.
A look how Wolf's budget proposal fared in the Legislature
By The Associated
Press PA State Wire Published: November 29, 2015
Democratic Gov. Tom
Wolf and leaders of the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Legislature say they
expect final budget legislation to emerge for votes this week. Here is a look at
what Wolf proposed in his first budget plan in March and whether it ended up in
his agreement with Republicans:
THE BIG PICTURE Wolf's
original budget proposal had sought a 9 percent increase in spending, to $31.6
billion, plus a $3.2 billion package to reduce school property tax bills and a
new $426 million-a-year rent rebate benefit for renting households earning
$50,000 or less. It appears that lawmakers are settling on a spending plan of
about $30.75 billion, up about 6 percent, but without any package to reduce
school property tax bills or expand rent rebates.
EDUCATION Wolf
originally sought a big bump in education spending: $400 million more for
public school operations and instruction, a 7 percent increase, plus $120
million more for early-childhood education programs, $100 million more in
special education funding and $160 million more for higher education
institutions, including state system universities, state-related universities
and community colleges. Wolf has secured
an agreement for nearly all of the money he had sought for public schools -
$350 million, a 6 percent increase - and about half the money for
early-childhood education, special education and higher education. Wolf also had sought to pare back $160
million in annual school district payments to cyber charter schools; it is not
clear whether it will pass.
Here's where we were six days
ago…….
Pre-Thanksgiving flurry
leads to more negotiations on to-be agreed to budget framework
The PLS Reporter Author: Jason Gottesman/Tuesday, November
24, 2015
After the Senate
unexpectedly announced Tuesday evening they would return to session that night
and try to override Gov. Tom Wolf’s stopgap budget veto, a flurry of activity
between the four legislative caucuses and the governor’s office left
Republicans and Democrats to try and negotiate a full-year spending plan that
can be passed sometime after the Thanksgiving holiday. Legislators have yet
to decide on when they will reconvene, but all seemed to agree that there will
be no voting session held until the week of November 30th. Staff will stay through the Thanksgiving
holiday to work on legislation that can be run that week. Details on what remains of the budget
framework announced two weeks ago were scant Tuesday night as legislative
leaders tried to keep mum on specifics about what lies ahead as the budget
situation became as intense as ever in the nearly five-month long budget
stalemate. “These things go back and
forth all the time,” said Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-Centre) after a
meeting with Gov. Wolf where Republicans agreed to hold off on the veto
override attempt. “What’s important is
we’re rescinding the recall and we’re going to move ahead with a framework,”
added Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson). As to what’s left, Sen. Scarnati said it’s a
framework that will get all four legislative caucuses and the governor to
agree.
Could PA general budget
reach Wolf by Dec. 5?
York Daily Record by Flint L. McColgan, fmccolgan@ydr.com2:07 p.m. EST
November 28, 2015
A Pennsylvania state budget isn't something
residents can be thankful for this year, but House Republicans hope for one
early next month. In fact, while Tuesday
was the last session day of this week, lawmakers will return to Harrisburg next week to
cobble together the latest budget offering in hopes of having a new budget on
Gov. Tom Wolf's desk by Dec. 5. Tuesday
was day 147 without a state general funds budget in place. "All the details are still being worked
out," said state Rep. Stan Saylor, R-Windsor Township R-Hellam
Township
http://www.ydr.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/25/could-pa-general-budget-reach-wolf-dec-5/75921972/
There's seemingly no end to Harrisburg
29 Nov
2015 — Erie
Times-News Opinion by Pat Howard
Representative
democracy is all about checks and balances, but as practiced in Pennsylvania it's more
like chutes and ladders. Harrisburg has never been
anyone's model of good government. But these days it's downright embarrassing. Budget gridlock. Criminal charges. Ethical
lapses. And deaf ears to the damage being done.
The worst of the dismal drama was set in motion last November when
voters elected a new governor because, face it, the old guy wasn't very good at
the job. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf reported for duty with a new set of
priorities and the challenge of getting them through a Republican-controlled
Legislature. Wolf and GOP leaders
knew from day one they'd have to compromise. And the state Constitution directs
that a new budget be in place by July 1.
That was 152 days ago. And counting. I've been sorting
through adjectives trying to describe this state of affairs -- incompetent,
irresponsible, arrogant, clueless, out of touch, self-serving -- but none fits
quite right. All of them together get closer.
Apportion blame for the impasse by ideology or party label if that's
your inclination. But as a confirmed middle-of-the-roader, I'm just looking for
some responsible adults.
DN Editorial: HOSTAGE
NEGOTIATIONS
Philly Daily News Editorial Updated on NOVEMBER 30, 2015 — 3:01 AM EST
LAST WEEK, local
government officials across the state decided they had had it with the long
budget impasse in Harrisburg . The statewide organization of county
commissioners said it was considering filing a law suit against the state for
withholding needed state funding for local programs, especially for social
services. n Better yet, we like what the county commissioners in Bucks did. Rather than wait for a lawsuit to make its
way through the courts, they decided to withhold local payments from taxes and
fees due to the state and use them to pay for services to the poor, homeless,
elderly, and those with mental and physical disabilities. In Bucks County Delaware County
Inky Editorial: Too late
for a tantrum
Inquirer Editorial Updated on NOVEMBER 29, 2015 — 3:01 AM EST
For a moment, as
Republican legislative leaders joined the Democratic governor to announce a
hard-won budget framework, it looked as if Pennsylvania 's divided government was
working and even tackling difficult problems.
That was a few weeks ago, before a faction of GOP members who are too
immature or incompetent to compromise began demanding more, threatening to
derail a budget that was already woefully late. Gov. Wolf and legislative
leaders now say the deal is back on track, but that will be hard to believe
until a plan is passed. There is no time
left to play partisan games. The budget is five months overdue. Schools and
charities are borrowing money, cutting services and workers, and even closing.
Those legislators who don't understand the importance of their duty to pass a
budget should be marginalized by those who do.
"In a non-dysfunctional
government, the need to reduce local property taxes readily would produce
compromise. Significant reductions in local property taxes could be accompanied
by modest increases in the regressive state taxes and establishment of a fair
extraction tax on the natural gas industry, elimination of yawning corporate
tax loopholes and a few other measures. That would constitute not only greater
revenue but far better policy — overall tax reform that widely spreads the
burden rather than concentrating it in the most regressive forms of taxation."
TT Editorial: Even now,
it’s all or nothing
Gov. Tom Wolf recently
called for passage of the state government budget by Dec. 4, which seems
reasonable given that the actual deadline for the budget was July 1, the
beginning of the fiscal year. Remarkably,
though, even as schools and social service agencies borrow money to keep the
lights on and county governments ponder suing the state and withholding tax
collections, the game in Harrisburg
still appears to be one of all or nothing.
Nov. 23, the state
Senate deadlocked on a bill to eliminate the local school property tax. Lt.
Gov. Mike Stack, the president of the Senate, cast a rare vote to break the
tie, killing the bill. The bill’s purpose was to replace all local school
property tax revenue — about $14 billion — through increased state sales and
income taxes. Republican Senate leaders proceeded with the vote even after the
Independent Fiscal Office reported that the higher state taxes would produce
less than $13 billion — more than $1 billion less than necessary to cover the
lost local money. The point, of
course, was the bill itself, which became a vehicle for yet more political
posturing rather than policy. Mr. Wolf
is not averse to property tax reform. Indeed, it is badly needed. But property
tax elimination would be a bad policy idea even if the replacement taxes were
to produce enough revenue. The proposal constitutes a massive, regressive tax
shift.
PG Editorial: Budget blather: Wolf and lawmakers must
end it this week
Post Gazette By the
Editorial Board November 29, 2015 12:00 AM
It’s been nearly
three weeks since Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican leaders announced they’d worked
out a “framework” for the overdue 2015-16 state budget. Two weeks later,
everybody agreed that plan was all but dead. Now it’s back on, moving toward a
possible vote as soon as this week. Pity
the Pennsylvanians trying to keep track of what’s likely to result from this
political game. Elected officials should
not lose sight of what should be fundamental in a funding plan.
DN Editorial: WHO DO THEY
WORK FOR?
Philly Daily News
Editorial November 27, 2015
WE HOLD TO the myth
that people elect lawmakers to represent their interests, or at least the
interests of the common good. When that
myth confronts money, as it does with increasing frequency, an uglier truth
emerges: Special interests override the common good.
That's especially
true when it comes to this state's sorry history of the natural gas industry.
That industry began blossoming in 2005, when the first gas was extracted from
the Marcellus Shale formation that lies under the state. In that short amount
of time, billions upon billions of cubic feet of natural gas has been produced
by a technology called hydrofracturing - or fracking. The state's gas boom
should have been transformative. That new and lucrative industry should have
created a gold mine for the state. Instead, because of the short-sighted vision
that kept the industry from being taxed for the gas they extracted - called a
severance tax -state lawmakers have scrambled every year for ways to fund the
state budget.
Editorial: Pennsylvania
Delco Times
Editorial POSTED: 11/28/15, 10:42 PM EST | UPDATED: 2 HRS AGO
Only in Harrisburg could what has
been happening now for better than four months be considered governing. Actually, in the halls of the state Capitol,
they have another word for it: Business as usual. Thanksgiving has come and gone. Pennsylvania still has
not budget in place, despite a mandate that officials have a new spending plan
in place July 1. What has happened in
the past 100-plus days would make even Ed Rendell — not exactly a stranger to Harrisburg budget hijinks
— blush. If you haven’t heard, there are
problems with that “broad framework” of an agreement so proudly proclaimed by
Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican leaders in the Legislature. The idea was to skim a bunch of money from Pennsylvania ’s slot
machine take and use that to address the state’s two massively underfunded
public-employee pension plans. Then a
hike in the state sales tax would be used to increase funding for education and
offer long-suffering home owners property-tax relief. There was only one problem.
Letter to the editor: Have
Pennsylvania
By Joan Duvall-Flynn, Ed.D., Delco Times Guest Columnist POSTED: 11/28/15, 10:43 PM EST
Joan Duvall-Flynn is president of NAACP Pennsylvania
State
An open letter to
the people of Pennsylvania :
Certain State
Assembly members in leadership in Harrisburg are very worried that we
Pennsylvanians do not have enough wine and spirits — take that to mean hard
liquor — to drink and that we cannot access it readily enough. Apparently, even give the heroin epidemic, we
are not getting “high” enough. One member of the House is so concerned about
this that he is seeking co-sponsorship on legislation to make sure that we can
drink more. Such lawmakers are
not, however, concerned about the many children of Pennsylvania who do not have adequate
resources to get a thorough education and prepare for their futures. In fact,
these folks have done all they can to prevent meeting the state’s obligation to
its children. They don’t want to fund early childhood education, and yet seek
to manipulate the people about being able to put the needed $410 million
dollars into basic education.
"Torres has blamed the
school's financial problems on the state budget impasse, and said that it is
owed an unspecified amount of money from the state and districts whose students
are enrolled at the cyber school. But former staffers said questionable
management decisions by the school's administrators and board were also a
factor in the school's fiscal woes."
Funding gone, Ed Plus Cyber
lays off rest of staff
by Martha Woodall, Inquirer Staff Writer Updated on NOVEMBER 28, 2015 —
1:07 AM EST
The troubled Education Plus Academy
Cyber Charter
School
Senior volunteers get tax
breaks and enjoyment
by Kathy Boccella, Inquirer Staff Writer Updated on NOVEMBER 29, 2015 —
1:07 AM EST
Lorraine Ferraro is
pretty good with numbers after retiring from a long career as an accounting
manager in Philadelphia 's
western suburbs. But in a kindergarten classroom
at Pottstown's Lincoln Elementary School, the number Ferraro works on is 3 - as
she leans over to guide a schoolboy practicing writing the digit on a sheet of
paper. "Good . . . good. . . .
Those are sloppy," she tells the kindergartner. Sharply attired in her businesslike red
blazer with a gold pin on the lapel, the 70-year-old retiree started
volunteering as a classroom aide in her school district after her husband died
several years ago. "I knew I just couldn't sit home," she said. But as one of nearly
90 participants in a program for senior volunteers that the Montgomery County Harrisburg to local school
boards about what to do about Pennsylvania 's
property taxes, Ferraro is part of a little-publicized network of hundreds of
seniors already getting tax relief the old-fashioned way: They earn it.
Letter: End tax credit donations to private schools
Opinion: Why Pa.
Morning Call Letter by Rachel Sue Ritz November 29, 2015
To date, the Diocese
of Philadelphia has paid out $11 million for its child sexual abuse scandal. No
wonder it needs our tax money to get kids into Catholic school("Catholics urged to lobby governor for tax credits"). Using our tax money to fund religious and
private schools is legal too. Why? Pennsylvania
has a law that allows businesses to divert some of their taxes to fund private
and religious schools. This money should be going into the general fund for use
in the state budget. Nice scam. Speak out about against and urge repeal of this
law.
Pottsgrove and Spring-Ford
high schools makes AP National Honor Roll list
Pottsgrove and
Spring-Ford Area high schools have been named to the AP National Honor Roll
School District, according to the College Board. This distinction was given to 425 school
districts in the U.S. and Canada which
simultaneously achieved increases in access to Advanced Placement courses for a
broader number of students and also maintained or improved the rate at which their
AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam. In Pennsylvania ,
Pottsgrove and Spring-Ford are two of only 43 schools that earned this honor
and only two other schools in the Montgomery
County
AP District Honor Roll
College Board
website
The College Board is
announcing the 6th Annual AP District Honor Roll —
a list of 425 districts across the U.S. and Canada being honored for increasing
access to AP® course work while simultaneously maintaining or
increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.
Reaching these goals indicates that these districts are successfully
identifying motivated, academically prepared students who are likely to benefit
from rigorous AP course work. National
data from 2015 show that among black/African American, Hispanic, and Native
American students with a high degree of readiness for AP, only about half of
students are participating. The first step to delivering the opportunity of AP
to students is providing access by ensuring courses are available, that
gatekeeping stops, and that the doors are equitably opened so these students
can participate. AP Honor Roll District’s are committed to expanding the
availability of AP courses among prepared and motivated students of all
backgrounds.
ESEA Reauthorization: A
Look at a Draft of the Bill
Education Week
Politics K-12 Blog By Alyson Klein on November
29, 2015 3:01 PM
We've brought you
all the details of the deal to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
and a peek at what appeared to be the framework,
but we know you've been on pins and needles waiting for real, live legislative
language. And it looks like we have
a late stage draft, from sources in the know, of what could become the latest
iteration of the ESEA, the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA. (One note: This
is a draft, so expect at least a few tweaks when the bill is formally
introduced, likely Monday.) If the bill
passes in the next few weeks, as lawmakers plan, it will replace the current
version of the law that we all know and few folks like: the No Child Left
Behind Act. Dig into the bill
below. For Title I, each part has its own PDF, except for Parts E and F, which
share a PDF. All other titles have separate PDFs.
"Does high performance
on standardized assessments truly equate to what we all mean by
achievement? Research shows otherwise:
In 2003, the “gold standard” of charter schools, KIPP, had a graduating class
that ranked fifth in New York City
Principal to N.Y. Gov. Cuomo: Stop spreading a false
narrative about public education
Jamaal
Bowman is the principal of the Cornerstone
Academy for Social
Action Middle
school in the Bronx .
The school’s website says that the mission of the school is to graduate “self-aware,
hard-working and socially responsible 21st century learners.” Cornerstone Academy New
York was widely described as a mess, and 20 percent
of students across the state refused to take the Core tests this past spring as
a protest. Cuomo took notice and in September, he created a task force to
review the Common Core in his state. The New York Times just
reported that Cuomo, a staunch advocate of making student standardized
test scores up to 50 percent of teacher evaluations, may be ready to move away
from that stance (which would be a significant change) and is awaiting the task
force’s conclusions. (It could happen but don’t hold your breath.) Here’s an open letter that Bowman wrote to
Cuomo about the governor’s education agenda:
"It's not as much that
we're failing — the country in general is failing poor black kids in every
major city," said Edward DeShazer, executive director of Greater Holy Temple
Christian Academy
Failing Milwaukee
Fox6Now Milwaukee POSTED 9:15 PM,
NOVEMBER 25, 2015, BY MEGHAN DWYER AND JOHN
PARNON, UPDATED AT 09:45PM,
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
2016 U.S.
Quora Blog by Lee Ballentine, Poet,
engineer, three time Top Writer on Quora.
The publc school
kids are having a good run this cycle. The presidency has been pretty weighted
toward prep school kids in the past. Here are some of the 2016 Presidential
candidates and where they went to school.
Public school
Public school
- Democrat Hillary Clinton graduated from
- Republican Ben Carson graduated from
- Independent/Democrat Bernie Sanders
graduated from
- Republican Chris Christie graduated from
- Republican Marco Rubio graduated from
Private school
- Republican Jeb Bush went to
- Republican Donald Trump graduated from
the
- Democrat Martin O'Malley graduated from
- Republican Carly Fiorina attended both
public and private schools including the exclusive
- Republican Ted Cruz graduated from the
religious
Who Funds Jeb Bush’s
Education Foundation?
Diane Ravitch's Blog
By dianeravitch November 29,
2015 //
It is common
knowledge that Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Educational Excellence supports
charters, vouchers, and digital learning. When he announced his run for the GOP
nomination, he stepped down and brought in Condaleeza Rice to lead FEE. Who provided
the money to showcase Bush’s education platform? Bush released his
list of donors from 2007-14.
“WASHINGTON (AP) —
Big-time donors to a nonprofit educational group founded by Jeb Bush, disclosed
for the first time Wednesday, highlight the intersection between Bush’s roles
in the worlds of business, policy and politics years before he began running
for president….
After leaving the Florida governor’s
office in 2007, Bush formed the Foundation for Excellence in Education, with a
mission “to build an American education system that equips every child to
achieve their God-given potential.” With Bush serving as president, the group
attracted $46 million from donors through 2014.
Kenney holding five town
halls to get feedback from Philly residents
WHYY Newsworks BY KATIE COLANERI NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Got a question or
concern for Philadelphia Mayor-Elect Jim Kenney? You could have your chance to
tell him in person this week. Starting
tonight, Kenney will hold a series of five town hall style meetings in the
north, south, west and northeast sections of Philadelphia . During a press conference earlier this month,
he said the ideas and issues that come out of these meetings will be passed
along to members of his
large transition team, which will put out a final report in January laying
out the Kenney administration's priorities.
"I think it's always important that not only are we inclusive of
every community and every neighborhood in the city, but that we listen to what
people have to say," Kenney said. "They pay taxes, they live and work
in our city and they have something to say and we want to make sure that
they're included." All members of
the public are invited, but are encouraged to RSVP online atKenneyForPhiladelphia.com. Those
who can't make the meetings in-person can give their input at the same
website.
Here's the schedule:
Central High
School, 1700 W. Olney Avenue
Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
South
Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad Street
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
School of the
Future, 40th & Parkside Avenue
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Mayfair Community
Center, 2990 Saint Vincent Street
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Strawberry
Mansion High School, 3133 Ridge Avenue
Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
PSBA New School Director
Training
School boards who will welcome new directors after the election should
plan to attend PSBA training to help everyone feel more confident right from
the start. This one-day event is targeted to help members learn the basics of
their new roles and responsibilities. Meet the friendly, knowledgeable PSBA
team and bring everyone on your “team of 10” to get on the same page fast.
- $150 per
registrant (No charge if your district has a LEARN Pass. Note: All-Access
members also have LEARN Pass.)
- One-hour lunch
on your own — bring your lunch, go to lunch, or we’ll bring a box lunch to
you; coffee/tea provided all day
- Course
materials available online or we’ll bring a printed copy to you for an
additional $25
- Registrants
receive one month of 100-level online courses for each registrant, after
the live class
Nine locations
for your convenience:
- Philadelphia
area — Nov. 21 William Tennent HS, Warminster (note: location changed from
IU23 Norristown)
- Pittsburgh
area — Dec. 5 Allegheny IU3, Homestead
- South Central
PA and Erie areas (joint program)— Dec. 12 Northwest Tri-County IU5,
Edinboro and PSBA, Mechanicsburg
- Butler area —
Jan. 9 Midwestern IU 4, Grove City (note: location changed from Penn State
New Kensington)
- Allentown area
— Jan. 16 Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, Schnecksville
- Central PA —
Jan. 30 Nittany Lion Inn, State College
- Scranton area
— Feb. 6 Abington Heights SD, Clarks Summit
- North Central
area —Feb. 13 Mansfield University, Mansfield
Register here: https://www.psba.org/2015/09/new-school-director-training/
NSBA Advocacy
Institute 2016; January 24 - 26 in Washington ,
D.C.
Housing and meeting registration is open for Advocacy Institute 2016. The theme, “Election Year Politics & Public Schools,” celebrates the exciting year ahead for school board advocacy. Strong legislative programming will be paramount at this year’s conference in January. Visit www.nsba.org/advocacyinstitute for more information.
Housing and meeting registration is open for Advocacy Institute 2016. The theme, “Election Year Politics & Public Schools,” celebrates the exciting year ahead for school board advocacy. Strong legislative programming will be paramount at this year’s conference in January. Visit www.nsba.org/advocacyinstitute for more information.
PASBO 61st Annual
Conference and Exhibits March 8 - 11, 2016
Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
The Network for Public Education 3rd
Annual National Conference April 16-17, 2016 Raleigh , North Carolina
The
Network for Public Education is thrilled to announce the location for our 3rd
Annual National Conference. On April 16 and 17, 2016 public education advocates
from across the country will gather in Raleigh, North Carolina. We chose Raleigh to highlight the tremendous
activist movement that is flourishing in North Carolina. No one exemplifies
that movement better than the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, who will be the
conference keynote speaker. Rev. Barber is the current president of
the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the National NAACP chair of
the Legislative Political Action Committee, and the founder of Moral Mondays.
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