CLEAR COALITION OPPOSES TUITION VOUCHER PLAN, ENCOURAGES FOCUS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING

CLICK HERE to access the CLEAR Coalition’s latest release, opposing school vouchers in Pennsylvania. 

Shapiro’s FY 2024-25 proposed budget increases public school funding by nearly $1.8 billion. This proposal includes the first step in a seven-year funding equity plan proposed by a majority of the state’s Basic Education Funding Commission. It comes about a year after Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled that the current school funding system is unconstitutional.

During the summer of 2023, CLEAR Coalition members led the effort to defeat a $100 million tuition voucher proposal that Shapiro had negotiated with Senate Republican leaders.

 

 

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