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Campaign News: 2009

PSFC Statement on Budget Agreement
October 9, 2009
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Schools Start New Year Without State Funding
August 26, 2009
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Budget Stalemate Holds Up State Funding for Schools
July 30, 2009
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Senate Passes State Budget That Would Kill School Funding Reform Efforts
July 21, 2009
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School Funding Campaign Asks Legislators not to Turn Back the Clock on School Funding Reform
July 15, 2009
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Citizens Call on Policymakers to Protect Educational Opportunities for Kids, Even if it Requires a Tax Increase
July 7, 2009
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Watch video coverage of the Campaign's July 7 school funding rally:

Ron Cowell, President of The Education Policy and Leadership Center, delivers opening remarks to a crowd of hundreds in the Capitol Rotunda.

   
Anita Weikel of the Pennsylvania PTA delivers remarks at the State Capitol
during the July 7 budget watch to protect public education funding.


‘No tax increase state budget’ a threat to students and local taxpayers
June 30, 2009
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House Education Committee Takes Positive Step Forward on Education Funding
June 3, 2009
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Senate Budget is Bad for Kids and Local Property Owners
May 6, 2009
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Watch video coverage of the Campaign's May 6 news conference:

Senate Plan Balances Budget on Backs of Local Taxpayers
May 4, 2009
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PSFC Statement on Use of Federal Stimulus Funds for Education
April 15, 2009
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PSFC Statement on Special Education Funding
March 12, 2009
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PSFC Applauds Proposed Investment in Education
March 4, 2009
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