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Tuesday October 25, 2011
Senate Vote Scheduled on Vouchers: Call Your State Senator Today!
Dear Friend of PCCY:
The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee is scheduled to vote on a voucher bill TODAY. It’s called Senate Bill 1 (SB1) and it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars which we need in our public schools. It will instead end up directing this money to private and parochial schools. This is wrong, especially considering the almost $900 million that was cut from public-education spending last year.
We already know that last year’s unprecedented budget cuts have hurt our kids’ education leading to teacher and counselor layoffs, larger class sizes, fewer electives and after school activities and schools’ delaying the purchase of text books and other supplies.
Take action NOW before the Senate Education Committee votes on this proposed voucher legislation. Please take three minutes to call your Senator today. Your message is simple.
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Please VOTE NO on any school voucher proposal;
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Vouchers do nothing to improve public schools, which serve all of our children;
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Vouchers will hurt our kids and our schools and end up supporting private and parochial schools with needed public dollars;
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Vouchers are discriminatory. Because private schools can pick and chose who they admit and the children left in our public schools will be those with the greatest needs for educational and support services.
The following are phone numbers of state Senators who serve Southeastern Pennsylvania. Please call them today:
Sen. Mike Brubaker - (717) 787-4420
Sen. Edwin B. Erickson - (717) 787-1350
Sen. Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. - (717-787-5662)
Sen. Stewart J. Greenleaf - (717) 787-6599
Sen. Vincent J. Hughes - (717) 787-7112
Sen. Shirley M. Kitchen - (717) 787-6735
Sen. Charles T. McIlhinney Jr. - (717) 787-7305
Sen. Bob Mensch - (717) 787-3110
Sen. Dominic Pileggi - (717) 787-4712
Sen. John C. Rafferty Jr. - (717) 787-1398
Sen. Michael J. Stack - (717) 787-9608
Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione - (717) 787-1141
Sen. LeAnna M. Washington - (717) 787-1427
Sen. Anthony H. Williams - (717) 787-5970
If you’re not sure who your state Senator is, go to www.pccy.org and enter your zip code in the box that says ‘Take Action.’
Thank you!
Shanee Garner, Co-Director, Education Policy
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