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Watch our student video and call your legislators today!

Please watch this video – Student Voices on Pennsylvania School Funding Reform. The first :30 seconds are a TV commercial now playing around the state, followed by five minutes of students from throughout Pennsylvania sharing their hopes and commenting on the need for adequate school funding to support their goals. Now be sure to forward it to your friends, family and colleagues!

Take action
Contact your state legislators in Harrisburg. Email them directly or find their phone numbers here.

Tell your legislators to strongly support the Governor’s proposal for historic reform of Pennsylvania’s funding system for public education. State legislators will vote on this proposal by June 30, as part of the annual budget process. Governor Rendell has proposed a new funding system that will: (1) ramp up state funding to relieve the relentless pressure on local property taxes to support public education; (2) fairly distribute funding to ensure that all children – especially those in poverty and disadvantaged in other ways – have a quality education supported by adequate resources; (3) hold school districts accountable for investing the new resources to improve student achievement; and (4) implement a 6-year funding equity plan to provide predictability and funding stability for public schools.

You pushed for the costing-out study; now is the time to contact your legislators and demand education finance reform. The Governor’s plan merely implements the recommendations of the costing-out study commissioned and paid for by the General Assembly in 2007.

Thanks for making sure Every Kid Counts!

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Good Schools Pennsylvania is a statewide network of citizens who are informed and mobilized in support of public education. We believe that we can improve our schools when we join together in calling for adequate funds that are equitably distributed, proven educational practices to meet a standard of excellence, and effective accountability measures. We invite you to become part of the movement for educational justice in Pennsylvania!
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