From The Associated Press: The state Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a bill that is designed to meet Gov. Tom Corbett’s desire to overhaul Pennsylvania’s public schools by helping thousands more of those students afford private and parochial school tuition with taxpayer help and making it easier[Read More…]
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Keystone Republicans draw the fury of the Wall Street Journal
Time is running out for a number of school choice bills in Pennsylvania. And the Wall Street Journal’s opinion page — of all places — points the finger at the GOP. In his Main Street column, William McGurn writes that school voucher and tax credit proposals are in “political limbo,” no[Read More…]
Report: Senate passage expected on Pennsylvania voucher plan
UPDATE: The Post-Gazette now says not so fast. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: HARRISBURG — School voucher legislation is poised to pass the state Senate as early as today, following a lengthy committee debate Monday over amendments from the bill’s opponents. The measure, which has drawn both fervent support and opposition,[Read More…]
A Democrat challenges antiquated beliefs
The time for school vouchers in Pennsylvania has come, writes state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams in an op-ed published today in the capital city newspaper, and it’s time for opponents to let go of the “antiquated belief that existing public school systems have the right of first refusal when it comes[Read More…]