Republicans are poised to pass a state budget that adds a grand total of $8 million in new basic education funding, or roughly 3 cents per student for each school day and less than 1 percent of the $1 billion that was cut from classrooms in the last four Republican-backed budgets.
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It is Time to End Political Games, Working Families Oppose House Budget
Leaders of the CLEAR Coalition today urged Republican lawmakers to end the political games and focus on a state budget that restores the devastating cuts to our public schools and other critical state programs.
CLEAR launches television campaign urging lawmakers to support Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal
The CLEAR Coalition today launched a television campaign urging lawmakers to support Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal and “start moving Pennsylvania forward.”
CLEAR Coalition supports Governor Wolf’s bold budget that invests in our students and our working families
Leaders of the CLEAR Coalition congratulated Gov. Tom Wolf on his bold 2015-2016 budget proposal and vowed to work with the legislature to form bipartisan support for the vision that Gov. Wolf has outlined today.
CLEAR Coalition Applauds Gov. Wolf’s Call for a Fair Shale Tax
Leaders of the CLEAR Coalition vowed to work with lawmakers in both chambers in support of Gov. Wolf’s proposal to levy a fair – and long overdue – tax on the Marcellus shale drillers and to use some of the proceeds to address Pennsylvania’s school funding crisis.