Oppose PA Senate Bill 527
These senators won’t stop playing politics with our public schools.
They’re at it again.
This week the state Senate could try to pass a bill that would explode the tax breaks businesses get if they give money to private schools. In five years, this would cost $850 million in lost state tax revenues. In 10, it would cost $2.6 billion.
What does that mean for you? It means schools will get less state funding, have fewer resources for our students, and be forced to furlough thousands of school employees.
This is a BIG part of anti-public education lawmakers’ agenda to score political points with deep-pocketed donors by attacking public schools.
They’re at it again.
This week the state Senate could try to pass a bill that would explode the tax breaks businesses get if they give money to private schools. In five years, this would cost $850 million in lost state tax revenues. In 10, it would cost $2.6 billion.
What does that mean for you? It means schools will get less state funding, have fewer resources for our students, and be forced to furlough thousands of school employees.
This is a BIG part of anti-public education lawmakers’ agenda to score political points with deep-pocketed donors by attacking public schools.
Contact your state senator today and tell him or her to vote “NO” on Senate Bill 527.
Here’s what you need to know about Senate Bill 527:
- It would increase tax credits to businesses that contribute to private schools by 25 percent every year.
- In five years, this could cost $854 million in lost state tax revenues. In 10 years, these tax credits would cost $2.6 billion.
- Giving tax breaks like these means businesses pay less in state taxes, so there’s less tax money for public schools, forcing them to rely even more on local property taxes.
- Funding public schools, where every student has access to an education, needs to be state government’s top priority.
- This bill could be voted in the full Senate this week.
Let’s tell legislators to stop playing politics with our schools
These guys just aren’t going to give up. This is an election year, and lawmakers pushing bills like Senate Bill 527 want to curry favor with deep-pocketed, anti-public education donors.
The fact is that this bill will have a devastating impact on public education, our students, and our jobs.
Let’s tell them that we just won’t have it.
The fact is that this bill will have a devastating impact on public education, our students, and our jobs.
Let’s tell them that we just won’t have it.
Contact your state senator today and tell him or her to vote “NO” on Senate Bill 527.
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