News for Advocates for Catholic Education in Pennsylvania March 18, 2011 School Choice Update: Senate Bill 1 – the Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act cleared its first hurdle on its way to become law in Pennsylvania. SB 1 passed the Senate Education Co
Tell your Senator – vote YES on SB 1 The Senate Education Committee will vote on Senate Bill 1 – the Opportunity Scholarship Act on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. If you live in the district of a Senator who sits on the Education Committee, it is urgent that you contact him or he
News for Advocates for Catholic Education in Pennsylvania February 7, 2011 Thank you! Senate Bill 1 – the Opportunity Scholarship Act – was introduced on January 28, 2011. The school choice debate in Pennsylvania begins! Thanks to your assistance during the last three weeks in respo
Senators Jeffery E. Piccola (R-Dauphin) and Anthony H. Williams (D-Philadelphia) and 15 other co-sposnors introduced Senate Bill 1 – the Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Happy New Year!!! ACTION ALERT: National School Choice Week is January 23-29, 2011. We anticipate that just in time for the celebration, school choice legislation will be introduced in Pennsylvania. To mark the occasion a pro-school choice group called Students First has scheduled a r
Congratulations to Bishop Joseph McFadden of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania who was elected chair the Committee on Catholic Education of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
News for Advocates for Catholic Education in Pennsylvania November 5, 2010 Senate Education School Choice Hearing: Three cheers to the Senate Education Committee for hosting an informational hearing on the future of school choice and educational opportunity scholarships on October 13,
Health care reform. Abortion. Adoption. Gay marriage. Education. These are among top issues tracked by the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) in the 2009-2010 legislative session. What happened and where do we go from here?
“We all deserve an opportunity for education that reflects the values our families have instilled in us and also an education our parents wish for us to have,” Carmen Garcia, a junior at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, bravely testified at a state Senate Education Committee
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