School vouchers are back up for debate in Pa.

[FakeNoose]

Inquirer link: https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pa-senate-passed-school-vouchers-bill-20230830.html

HARRISBURG — Private-school vouchers are back on the table in Pennsylvania. The GOP-controlled Senate on Wednesday again approved a $100 million initiative — this time in a 28-19 vote — that would allow some students in Pennsylvania’s poorest districts to attend private schools. The move comes less than a month since Gov. Josh Shapiro vetoed the same proposal, one he helped develop.

In addition, the Republican-led Senate cut a number of Democratic priorities from the state’s spending plan, including tens of millions of dollars in supplementary funding for the poorest school districts and money to continue a popular home-repair assistance program.

Shapiro, a Democrat, led the state through a monthlong state budget impasse after negotiations broke down between him, Senate Republicans, and House Democrats over school vouchers. He created the program with Senate Republicans but soon realized he could not garner enough support among House Democrats — who hold a one-seat majority in the chamber.

The state Senate returned Wednesday for an unusual August session day to pass two code bills, which contain the legislative language that allows the state to actually spend about $1.1 billion of the money legislators allocated in the $45.5 billion budget bill signed into law earlier this month.

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The Repukes just will NOT let this go!

[badhair77]

1. Grrrr . . .

[BlueIn_W_Pa]

2. Do magnet schools count as private?

I've volunteered at Linden in Pittsburgh when I was a kid, and it's a great program.

from what I saw - which is awesome in urban areas:

Minority enrollment is 74% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the Pennsylvania public school average of 38% (majority Black and Hispanic).

[appalachiablue]

3. Working away at this, privatization and diminishing public education, 'govt schools.'

K/R