June 30 is a big day in Harrisburg. It is the constitutionally prescribed deadline for the General Assembly to approve a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. Governor Tom Corbett signed the 2013-2014 budget with two hours to spare (read more about the governor’s highlights here

Thanks to the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program, more than 40,000 students each year are able to choose the school that best fits their needs. Students from around the Commonwealth were at the state Capitol today for the annual EITC birthday party and to thank legislat

Bishop Joseph McFadden passed away on May 2, 2013, after three years of service as the president of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference. The conference is the public policy agency of Pennsylvania’s bishops. “Bishop McFadden had all of the attributes that make an effective leader in p

The words “simplified,” “tax” and “form” are not often found in the same sentence; but a revision to the application for the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) program puts them together. After persistent feedback by the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) and others about t

Last year our successful school choice advocacy resulted in a new scholarship program aimed at helping students in the lowest performing schools in the state chose a better school to meet their needs. Unfortunately, a lengthy, complicated application form for companies that wished to

Here is encouraging school choice news from the Diocese of Scranton about a recent contribution to the Educational Improvement Tax Credit and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Programs – PNC Bank recently contributed $40,000 to Catholic education to the Diocese of Scranton