Dear Carol,
On Monday, November 18,The House Education Committee is scheduled to vote on voucher legislation under House Bill 1800 (Rep. Turzai, R-Allegheny). House Bill 1800 establishes a voucher program for students in the Harrisburg School District, which entered state receivership in June. Adding tuition and transportation outlays, House Bill 1800 is estimated to cost the Harrisburg School District $5.5 million to $8.5 million. Could your district be next?
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Then call your representatives and ask them to vote NO on HB 1800.
You can find their number below, along with a sample script for your call:
House member contact info:
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/contact.cfm?body=H
Sample Script
My name is (your name) and I am calling to let (your representative’s name) know that I am opposed to House Bill 1800 and any attempt to give public money to private schools with vouchers. Let’s support our public schools, not private schools with vouchers. Thank you.
Thanks for all you do!
Carol Burris
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Diane Ravitch's blog 
Here is where the charter-voucher train is heading: unbundling education services & selling them off a piece at a time. Vouchers can be used to sell off public ed services one at a time.
https://www.redefinedonline.org/2019/11/charter-schools-and-the-unbundling-of-k-12-education-services/?fbclid=IwAR0M8OE80QRcf_vagMVWXs09N2mBHZaQIE1wpPPUr0xB2zveUVbpYifznNE
“But the real game changer will be Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs). ESAs are going to accelerate the unbundling of public education services.
ESAs are publicly-funded financial accounts that families use to purchase state-approved education products and services for their children. Instead of a school district spending a student’s public education dollars, through ESAs state government allows a student’s family to spend these dollars.
About 18,000 Florida students will have ESAs this school year through two programs — the Gardiner Scholarship for students with special needs/unique abilities, and Reading Scholarship Accounts for struggling readers in district elementary schools. These students’ families will use their ESA funds to purchase products and services, such as public and private school courses, afterschool tutoring, physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy, education hardware and software, summative and formative assessments, curriculum material, and books. Over the last two years, Florida families have used ESA funds to purchase products and services from over 10,000 education providers.”
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The objective is to undermine the public sector and enrich the private sector for little gain in academics. It is way for the state to abrogate its responsibility to educate all students, particularly expensive special education services.
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I sent this to all my family and friends in Pennsylvania.
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