Mark your calendars for a special Birthday Rally in support of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. EITC celebrates 11 years of granting school choice to Pennsylvania students with a special event on the back steps of the Capitol building in Harrisburg on Wednesday,

As the legislature returns to Harrisburg, school choice is likely to be debated in these early weeks of the session. Insiders say that this fall is THE TIME for school choice – vouchers and an increase to the EITC scholarship program have the support of the governor and the Secretary

Attorney Philip Murren, a partner in the law firm Ball, Murren & Connell and legal counsel to the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC), testified about the constitutionality of school vouchers at a House Education Committee hearing in Harrisburg on August 3. All parents should b

This is part 4 of our 5-part series on commonly asked school choice questions. Read part 1, part 2 and part 3 here. 4. If Catholic schools accept voucher students, will they be able to maintain their Catholic identity? Will they have different admissions standards? Nothing in SB 1 lim

Each year since 2001, more than 40,000 students have been able to choose their school because of Educational Improvement Tax Credits (EITC). EITC provides a tax credit to businesses that contribute to organizations that give scholarships to students to attend the school of their choic

In coffee shops and around water coolers, Pennsylvanians everywhere are talking about it – school choice and Senate Bill 1 – the Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act.

 News for Advocates for Catholic Education in Pennsylvania School Choice Rally on the Capitol Steps On Tuesday, April 12, 2011, beginning around 12 pm, Students First and the entire nonpublic school community in Pennsylvania will be hosting a Senate Bill 1 Rally for all supporters of

Senate Bill 1 – the Opportunity Scholarship Act would give scholarships to low income students, so they can attend the school of their choice. The scholarships would allow both public-to-public and public-to-private school choice. The voucher program will allow private and Catho

On Wednesday, February 16, 2011, the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee will host a hearing on Senate Bill 1: the Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act. The location is Hearing Room #1, North Office Building, part of the Capitol Complex. It is schedul

“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