CLEAR COALITION CONTINUES OPPOSITION TO TUITION VOUCHER PLAN
CLICK HERE to access the CLEAR Coalition’s latest release, opposing school vouchers in Pennsylvania.
Members of the CLEAR Coalition today again voiced their strong opposition to yet another proposal for private school tuition vouchers – Senate Bill 795.
The bill to redirect taxpayer resources to private and religious schools is egregious, especially when the Pennsylvania Legislature has a constitutional obligation to respond to the Commonwealth Court ruling and enact meaningful changes to our public school funding system. The court was clear: vouchers are not a remedy to the state’s unconstitutional school funding program.
The same lawmakers who are seeking to divert public money to private schools are also balking at the solution proposed by the bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission as unaffordable.
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