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PA
Ed Policy Roundup April 11, 2016:
Winners and losers? If PA were providing
adequate funding to school districts we would not be pitting districts and kids
against each other.
Blogger Commentary:
Per-pupil spending in Pennsylvania’s poorest districts is
33% less than in its wealthiest districts.
If Pennsylvania were providing adequate funding to school districts now,
we would not be pitting districts and kids against each other. While the Basic Education Funding Commission
did great work, without significant sustained new investment in schools
children in kindergarten now will have graduated before the new funding formula
addresses the vast inequities in funding between our school districts. All of our students in all of our districts
deserve adequate state funding. In 2011 Philadelphia
schools took 38% of the cuts while educating just 12% of the state’s students.
Campaign for Fair Education Funding - Rally for Public Education
Save the date: May 2nd at the Capitol
Pa. budget
left out important funding that will impact public schools: John W. Friend
PennLive Op-Ed By
John W. Friend on April 08, 2016 at 1:00 PM
John W. Friend is the
superintendent of the Carlisle Area School District and president of the
Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators.
The
Pennsylvania State budget for 2015-16 is history, or at least, it should be. On Easter Sunday, Gov.Wolf allowed a
supplemental, $6.6 billion budget to become law without his signature. But he vetoed a key piece of budget-related legislation known as the
"fiscal code," which effectively provided the
instructions to spend the money the budget appropriated. People
may say: "What's the big deal? The Legislature and Wolf can figure it
out." The big deal is that public
schools will still struggle to balance budgets and to maintain educational
programs. The
2015-16 budget included some new money for schools, but important pieces of the
budget puzzle for many local school districts were not included.
Wolf plan for
$200 million in Pa. education funds creates winners and losers, GOP charges
WHYY
Newsworks BY KEVIN MCCORRY
APRIL 11, 2016
The
fight in Harrisburg over how $200 million in new Pennsylvania education aid
should be divided continues. Although
Gov. Tom Wolf allowed the state budget to become law in late March, he vetoed
the fiscal code that, in part, served as a roadmap for how new education
funding would be distributed. As passed
by lawmakers, the fiscal code directed all new education money through a
student-weighted funding formula, as recommended by a bipartisan commission. Wolf argues that districts
disproportionately hurt by cuts that occurred under former Gov. Tom Corbett
should be made whole before adopting the new formula. "Right now, only 4 percent of districts
across the state have seen their funding restored to 2010-11 levels, and we're
over $370 million short of fully restoring the cuts," said Wolf spokesman
Jeff Sheridan.
Spreadsheets
and details of Wolf's plan can be viewed here.
Wolf, GOP
battling over how to spread school funding
By Evan Brandt,
The Mercury POSTED: 04/09/16,
12:01 AM EDT | UPDATED: 13 HRS AGO
And you
thought the fight over the state budget was over.
Gov. Tom
Wolf opened a new front in the 10-month-long battle last week when he released
his plans for distributing the $50 million in education funding remaining in
the 2015-16 fiscal budget proposed by the Republican-controlled General
Assembly that became law without his signature on March 28. However, Wolf vetoed the “fiscal code” that
accompanied the budget which, his administration argues, allows him to
distribute education funding under a formula of his administration’s devising. Republicans in the Legislature are not so
sure and are reportedly contemplating a lawsuit against Wolf. Wolf has been using his formula, which he
calls “a restoration formula,” since January to distribute the additional $150
million in education funding included the partial budget he signed in December. By contrast, the “fiscal code” would have
required the funding to be distributed according to the fair funding formula recommended by a
bipartisan panel in the final days of Gov. Tom Corbett’s term and supported by
Wolf. However, Wolf’s position is that
before that formula can be used as a way to distribute education dollars,
districts should be restored to the funding levels enjoyed before the Corbett
spending plan in 2010-11 brought about by the expiration of federal stimulus
dollars. “The new fair funding formula,
which I support, cannot truly be fair unless the cuts are fully restored.
Currently, only 4 percent of districts have seen their funding restored to
2010-11 levels,” Wolf said in a statement issued Tuesday.
“And, as has been his pattern since taking office, Gov.
Wolf took the money he cut from York, Lancaster, Reading and Scranton schools,
and sent it to his political allies in Philadelphia at the expense of children
across the state. That’s right, the
School District of Philadelphia will receive more than $1 billion in basic
education funding – 18 percent of the available new money. The leftover crumbs
will be divided among Pennsylvania’s other 499 school districts.”
Wolf sends
York school funding to Philly (letter)
York Daily Record Opinion by York County GOP House
delegation 1:55 p.m. EDT April 8, 2016
Members
of the York County House Republican delegation are very concerned over the
method by which education funding is being distributed throughout Pennsylvania. While allowing the general appropriations
portion of the state budget to become law two weeks ago, Gov. Tom Wolf chose to
veto the Fiscal Code bill – the legislation that directs how the money should
be distributed. Two years ago, the Basic
Education Funding Commission was created to address inadequacies in
Pennsylvania’s basic education funding formula. Last June, this bipartisan
group of 15 state officials recommended a new formula that would have given our
school districts funding increases of nearly $14 million. But, Wolf vetoed this fair and bipartisan
formula – which he had earlier praised as a “big step forward for the people of
Pennsylvania” – and went on to cut more than $16 million from York County
school districts.
Super: Budget is bad for Erie schools
By ERICA
ERWIN erica.erwin@timesnews.com10 Apr 2016 — Erie Times-News
Erie
schools Superintendent Jay Badams had hoped personal appeals and visits to
Harrisburg would bring more state dollars to the district. Instead, district administrators say, the
Erie School District and districts like it are among those that would fare the
worst under Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to distribute $200 million in new basic
education funding and block grants, according to an analysis of the plan. "I was shocked and disappointed to learn
that the governor's distribution of funds for 2015-16 did not provide any
relief for our district, and will actually leave us in a worse financial
position than our most drastic projections for 2016-17," Badams said. "After all of our efforts, and those
made on our behalf by our local delegation, I truly believed that the
commonwealth's lawmakers would do what is right and take steps to rectify the
situation." The
analysis by the district shows the district fares fourth worst in the state, in
terms of the difference in state funding it will receive under Wolf's plan
versus if state funding were distributed via a bipartisan "fair funding
formula" created by the Basic Education Funding Commission.
Where is the
money? Area school officials say state causing rising financial difficulties
The Bradford Area School District
is among the districts in the region still facing a financial crisis, thanks to
the state funding fiasco. Though there is a state budget, the amount of
additional money hasn’t increased by much, if at all, school officials say.
Bradford Era By ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com |0 comments Posted: Thursday, April 7, 2016 10:00 am
The
state budget is in place, and education funding is now being doled out to local
school districts. And still, area school officials say financial difficulties
remain. On Tuesday, Gov. Tom Wolf
announced the distribution formula used to allocate basic education funding
totalling $50 million for the remainder of 2015-16. Broken down, districts are
expected to receive $25 million for the restoration of the charter school
reimbursement program; $20 million to continue to restore 2011-12 cuts; and $5
million through the new basic education fair funding formula. “Any small, rural district is in desperate
need of appropriate funding,” Otto-Eldred School District Superintendent
Matthew Splain toldThe Era on Wednesday. “We will gladly take the
new funds and fill the gaps that continue to exist. Unfortunately, if our
Legislature and governor debate the distribution of the new money, that is less
time and focus they will be spending on the 2016-17 budget.” In his view, Senate President Pro Tempore Joe
Scarnati, R-Brockway, said Wolf’s funding distribution announcement is a
“blatant attempt” at ignoring the General Assembly.
Threat of property tax hikes as school
funding problem continues in PA
WITF Written
by Radio Pennsylvania | Apr 10, 2016 10:12 AM
Governor
Tom Wolf says he's come up with a school funding formula, but GOP leaders are
questioning the validity of the plan since the Governor's veto of the fiscal
code that included its own funding blueprint.
Meanwhile school officials are still waiting. Stacey Thompson, Treasurer for Clarion
County's Keystone district, says some are already making difficult decisions. "The Department of Education indicated
that as of February 8th, 2016, 175 districts have submitted plans to raise
taxes above the index of this year," she said. The Director of the PA School Boards
Association says they're considering suing the state to get the needed funds. Districts borrowed over a billion dollars
during the nine month budget impasse in order to keep their doors open.
Budget in
hand, Pa. lawmakers turn to hot buttons
Inquirer
by Angela Couloumbis,
HARRISBURG BUREAU Updated: APRIL
10, 2016 — 1:08 AM EDT
HARRISBURG
- Early last week, the Republican-led House of Representatives suddenly pivoted
and devoted all its efforts to a long-dormant issue: imposing stricter limits
on abortion in Pennsylvania. By
Thursday, the Democratic governor had taken a step in the other direction,
bypassing legislators to impose executive orders that expand antidiscrimination
protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender citizens. With issues like school funding and pension
reform still mired in gridlock, leaders in Harrisburg were suddenly switching
gears and channeling energy into social issues - measures that given the
ideological divide here have little chance of getting even a public hearing,
let alone becoming law. It is, say
legislators and other longtime Capitol observers, a way to divert attention
from the stubborn impasse on complex fiscal issues just as primary voters
prepare to head to the polls this month.
The eloquent
in the room for the GOP
Philly Daily News Updated: APRIL 9, 2016 — 6:42 AM EDT
HERE'S A
JOB that takes a special someone, especially in weeks like this, when the
Harrisburg gamesmanship is particularly ungainly. Steve Miskin is the longtime
spokesman for the state House Republican leadership, charged with
explaining/defending GOP policy to people outside the bubble. Chances are you've heard him on KYW. Miskin is one of those rare government press
secretaries who represents partisan positions in a calm, even-handed manner, no
matter the heat or urgency of the topic.
He's also a frequent, if biased, user of social media and is not above
trying to curry favor with the media by occasionally trolling the Capitol
newsroom with a basket of chocolate mini-bars.
Importantly, almost unbelievably, he's proved facile enough to work for
very different and, in some cases, very difficult GOP bosses while remaining
respected - and employed. Miskin, 52, is
from Great Neck, N.Y., and a Temple grad. He lives outside Harrisburg with his
wife and three adopted young children: two boys from Russia and a girl from
China. He recently sat down with
columnist John Baer.
The Notebook's
annual dropout issue explores what leads to academic success
The notebook
by Wendy Harris
April 8, 2016 — 11:12am
After
years of steady increases, the School District’s graduation rate has hit a
plateau. Though officials have no explanation for why there has been a leveling
off, new leadership in the District and Mayor Kenney’s administration continue
to create strategies to help more students earn a diploma. In the Notebook’s April-May edition on the dropout crisis in Philadelphia, we
take a look at what leads to academic success for students. In the edition, now
available, our data spread is filled with charts that illustrate the overall
graduation rate, but also college enrollment rates for students in every
District and charter high school. The data spread also provides four-year
graduation rates for male and female students, and student attendance numbers
by grade.
Opting out
co-opts our fight for equity and accountability
The notebook Opinion by Sharif El-Mekki April 8,
2016
Sharif
El-Mekki is the principal of Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus in
Philadelphia.
This article originally appeared at Education Post
The
other day I rode by a mansion in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania—one of the
wealthiest districts in the state, if not the country -- and I noticed a
sign encouraging people to “opt out” of our state’s annual standardized test. It struck me that this movement started in a
very different community than the one in which I live and serve. There is clamoring for families to opt out of
testing -- even some teachers encouraging students and their families to opt out
of the test that measures the proficiency levels of our state’s 3rd- through
8th-graders. However, I’ve noticed that most of those championing this strategy have not been
neglected and oppressed by their states and districts for generations.
Pittsburgh Public Schools to unveil
transgender policy
By Molly
Born / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 10, 2016 12:00 AM
The
Pittsburgh Public Schools’ board policy committee is set to unveil a draft
proposal this month that would formally establish a plan to protect the rights
of transgender students district-wide. The
final stages of the plan come as the topic has taken center stage both locally
and nationally. North Carolina lawmakers and that state’s governor are facing
backlash for enacting a bill that prevents transgender people from using school
and public agency restrooms aligned with their gender identity. That debate
continued last week at a school board meeting in the Pine-Richland School
District. Shortly after watching a
webinar on the subject, District 6 city school Director Moira Kaleida brought
the idea of creating a districtwide plan to the policy committee chair, Thomas
Sumpter, who she said was receptive to the idea. “I’ve firmly stood behind the LGBTQ community
for a long time, and I think that we deserve equity across the board,” she
said. “Our policies are old, and we need to have ones that deal with current
issues. This is one that’s certainly relevant now.”
Wister fiasco
is why SRC has to go
Philly
Daily News Opinion by Encarna
Rodriguez and Amy Brown Updated: APRIL 11, 2016 — 3:01 AM EDT
Encarna Rodriguez works at Saint
Joseph's University. Amy Brown works at the University of Pennsylvania. The
original letter was signed by 20 professionals from higher education and
represents the views of the individuals, not their institutions.
THE SCHOOL REFORM Commission has to go. It has to go because, no matter how much we respect the commissioners who serve this body, the fate of the schools should be decided by elected officials accountable to the people and the communities they serve. It has to go, because it has clearly failed to deliver the financial stability that justified its creation 15 years ago (an impossible task to begin with but one the SRC has accepted as its charge, nevertheless). It has to go because, as John Wister Elementary School shows, it is ripping apart some of the very communities on whose behalf the commissioners are supposed to make their decisions. Granted, the overt conflict between Wister parents who want the school to become Mastery and those who want it to remain in the district might not have been intentional. No commissioner could have possibly wished to see or to hear the bitter words uttered at the March 17 SRC meeting. Still, the SRC has been, at best, indefensibly passive in the unfolding and handling of a conflict of its own making and, at worst, morally responsible for one of the most disheartening scenes in education in our city: working-class, African American parents fighting among themselves for a better future for their kids.
THE SCHOOL REFORM Commission has to go. It has to go because, no matter how much we respect the commissioners who serve this body, the fate of the schools should be decided by elected officials accountable to the people and the communities they serve. It has to go, because it has clearly failed to deliver the financial stability that justified its creation 15 years ago (an impossible task to begin with but one the SRC has accepted as its charge, nevertheless). It has to go because, as John Wister Elementary School shows, it is ripping apart some of the very communities on whose behalf the commissioners are supposed to make their decisions. Granted, the overt conflict between Wister parents who want the school to become Mastery and those who want it to remain in the district might not have been intentional. No commissioner could have possibly wished to see or to hear the bitter words uttered at the March 17 SRC meeting. Still, the SRC has been, at best, indefensibly passive in the unfolding and handling of a conflict of its own making and, at worst, morally responsible for one of the most disheartening scenes in education in our city: working-class, African American parents fighting among themselves for a better future for their kids.
“AP's analysis found elevated lead levels in 30
Pennsylvania schools, including six in Chester County and four in Bucks County
but none in Lehigh or Northampton counties.”
Water with unsafe lead amounts found in
hundreds of schools
AP analyzed water
in schools across the country, finding hundreds with high lead levels
Morning
Call by John Seewer AP April 9, 2016
TOLEDO,
Ohio — Responding to the crisis in Flint, Mich., school officials across the
country are testing classroom sinks and cafeteria faucets for lead, trying to
uncover any concealed problems and to reassure anxious parents. Just a fraction of schools and day care
centers nationwide are required to check for lead because most receive their
water from municipal systems that test at other locations. State and federal
lawmakers have called for wider testing.
Among schools and day care centers operating their own water systems, Environmental
Protection Agency data analyzed by The Associated Press showed
that 278 violated federal lead levels at some point during the past three
years. Roughly a third of those had lead levels that were at least double the
federal limit. In almost all cases, the
problems can be traced to aging buildings with lead pipes, older drinking
fountains and water fixtures that have parts made with lead.
Tests spark
new concerns about lead at Montco school
Inquirer
by Kathy Boccella, Staff
Writer Updated: APRIL 8,
2016 — 10:59 PM EDT
New
water tests at a Lower Merion school showed a cafeteria faucet suspected of
having elevated lead levels now registers at an acceptable rate - but also
found possible contaminants in a drinking fountain and a water line. The result of the drinking fountain test at
Penn Wynne Elementary were at the Environmental Protection Agency's
"action level," while the basement water line was near the action
level, according to school officials. In
a letter to parents Thursday informing them of the test results, principal
Shawn Bernatowicz said action-level readings are not necessarily a
public-health concern, according to the EPA, but could require more testing and
monitoring at the 600-student school. He
said the EPA noted that the presence of transient contaminants at the test
site, such as dirt, could affect the results. Aqua America regularly screens
the general water supply and has reported no safety concerns, the principal
said.
After two
positive results, Lower Merion schools continue a battery of tests for lead in
water
WHYY
Newsworks BY LAURA BENSHOFF
APRIL 8, 2016
First, a
concerning level of lead showed up in a test of water coming out of a single
faucet in Penn Wynne Elementary School's cafeteria. The Lower Merion School District, one of the
wealthiest and best ranked in the country, started testing its water fountains
and faucets voluntarily a few weeks ago. After the first positive result, it
committed to retesting all sites at all ten schools again. A second barrage of screening by an independent
environmental testing firm returned a completely different result, according to
spokesperson Doug Young. "That
faucet that initially showed levels of concern was in fact well below what you
would expect in the general water supply," he said. "But, at one of
the fountains of the school we did find an action level." That
action level means Lower Merion will do even more testing. "The game plan is we will do two more
tests on each of the water delivery points in the school, and we're going to be
doing this at all of our schools as well," said Young.
Shortage of bus drivers has school
districts, contractors scrambling
By Ed
Blazina / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 11, 2016 12:00 AM
The
shortage of school bus drivers locally and across the country hits home with
Bob Rhodes. That’s because it regularly causes him to join his 200 other
drivers on the road for R.J. Rhodes Transit Inc. of Ambridge. “Everybody here drives,” said Mr. Rhodes,
whose company serves a half-dozen school districts in Beaver County, plus a
number of private and charter schools. He used to drive only occasionally, but
this year, after 40 years in the business founded in 1932 by his grandfather,
he is driving every day. “We do have
some substitutes, but everybody here has to have a license so we can cover all
of the routes,” he added, referring to office staff. Pittsburgh Public Schools, which uses a
variety of contractors to move 24,000 students on 732 vehicles every day, faces
the same difficulties, said Ted Vassar, director of pupil transportation. It
would be helpful if the companies had an additional 30 to 40 drivers, he said,
but they just aren’t available.
The 20 Best
School Districts in the U.S.
Philly.com Written by: Caroline Nolan 04/08/16
- 9:18 AM EDT
Summer
is approaching, and students across the country are looking forward to their
time off from classes, homework, and other academic responsibilities. However, the end of the school year does not
bring a vacation to school districts, which will be preparing for the upcoming
academic year while students are away. As a result of their hard work, many of
these school districts are recognized annually for their excellent academics
and positive school cultures. Ranking
and review site Niche.com has identified the best school districts in
the United States using data sourced from various government and public data
sets, the website's own proprietary data, and over four million opinion-based
survey responses across a variety of topics from 287,606 current students,
recent alumni, and parents. These
surveys were used to grade each school district on factors including academics,
health and safety, student culture and diversity, survey responses, teachers,
resources and facilities, extra-curricular and activities, sports and fitness. Did the school district in your area make the
list? Click through to find out.
Shake up education system
Centre
Daily Times Letter APRIL 10, 2016 8:09 PM by DALE G. FORBES, SPRING CREEK
Recently,
local news outlets have reported on school districts having difficulty
balancing their budgets, or having a shortage of substitute teachers. It’s time we move our education system into
the 21st century, think outside the box, as some would say, and move education
to cyberschooling, all done at home on a computer. The state could buy each
student a new computer each year, if need be, and furnish schooling or lessons
via cyber. All students in the state would be taught with the same lesson plan;
those who have a higher IQ or understanding could advance faster without
waiting for those who can’t or are less inclined. The monetary advantages of this system would
be, but not limited to, no brick and mortar buildings, no salaries, no health
insurance, no pensions, no busing, no “ Go Buckets,” no sports expenses. Also,
there would be no concern about class ranking, no concerns about threats made
to the district and no teacher union influence on government/elections. What private industry could produce product
for only 180 days a year, have any inferior product and still be in business?
Today you would be hard pressed to find a successful farmer who would be
willing to trade in his tractor and go back to the original horse power,
because it’s called progress, a better and more efficient way to do things. Isn’t it time we have a drastic change in our
education system?
Briefing:
Public Education Funding in Pennsylvania
TUE, APR 12 AT 8:30 AM, PHILADELPHIA,
PA
Join
attorneys Michael Churchill, Jennifer Clarke and Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg for a
briefing on:
- the current budget impasse
- the basics of education funding
- the school funding lawsuit
- the 2016-2017 proposed budget
1.5
CLE credits available to PA licensed attorneys.
Light breakfast provided.
WHEN:
Tuesday, April
12, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (EDT)
WHERE:
United Way of
Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey - 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103
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.
Electing PSBA Officers – Applications Due
by April 30th
All
persons seeking nomination for elected positions of the Association shall send
applications to the attention of the chair of the Leadership Development
Committee during the month of April, an Application
for Nomination to be provided by the Association expressing interest
in the office sought. “The Application for nomination shall be marked received
at PSBA Headquarters or mailed first class and postmarked by April 30 to be
considered and timely filed. If said date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or
holiday, then the Application for Nomination shall be considered timely filed
if marked received at PSBA headquarters or mailed and postmarked on the next
business day.” (PSBA
Bylaws, Article IV, Section 5.E.).
Open
positions are:
- 2017 President
Elect (one-year term)
- 2017 Vice
President (one-year term)
- 2017-19 Central Section at
Large Representative – includes Regions 4, 5, 6, 9 and
12 (three-year term)
In
addition to the application form, PSBA Governing
Board Policy 302 asks that all candidates furnish with their
application a recent, print quality photograph and letters of application. The
application form specifies no less than two and no more than four letters of
recommendation, some or all of which preferably should be from school districts
in different PSBA regions as well as from community groups and other sources
that can provide a description of the candidate’s involvement with and
effectiveness in leadership positions. PSBA Governing
Board Policy 108 also outlines the campaign procedures of candidates.
All
terms of office commence January 1 following election.
Join the Pennsylvania Principals Association at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at The
Capitol in Harrisburg, PA, for its second annual Principals' Lobby Day.
Pennsylvania
Principals Association Monday, March 21, 2016 9:31 AM
To register, contact Dr. Joseph Clapper at clapper@paprincipals.org by
Tuesday, June 14, 2016. If you need assistance, we will provide
information about how to contact your legislators to schedule meetings.
Click here for the informational flyer, which includes
important issues to discuss with your legislators.
2016 PA Educational
Leadership Summit July 24-26 State College
Summit Sponsors:
PA Principals Association - PA Association of School Administrators
- PA Association of Middle Level Educators - PA Association of
Supervision and Curriculum Development
The 2016
Educational Leadership Summit, co-sponsored by four leading Pennsylvania education associations,
provides an excellent opportunity for school district administrative teams and
instructional leaders to learn, share and plan together at a quality venue in
"Happy Valley."
Featuring Grant
Lichtman, author of EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education,
Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera (invited), and Dana
Lightman, author of POWER Optimism: Enjoy the Life You Have...
Create the Success You Want, keynote speakers, high quality breakout
sessions, table talks on hot topics and district team planning and job alike
sessions provides practical ideas that can be immediately reviewed and
discussed at the summit before returning back to your district. Register and pay by April 30, 2016 for the
discounted "early bird" registration rate:
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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