NEW INDEPENDENT POLL
FOR SCHOOL CHOICE
Pennsylvania Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted November 5, 2011
By Pulse Opinion Research
Commissioned by UNITEPA in cooperation with
Independence Hall Tea Party Association.
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REAL SCHOOL CHOICE
SCHOOL CHOICE HEARING
UNITEPA TESTIMONY
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THE REASON FOR REFORM: CHOICE OR FAILING SCHOOLS?
THE REASON FOR REFORM:
CHOICE OR FAILING SCHOOLS?
Contact: Sharon Cherubin, 717.413.3973,
Teri Adams, 215.620.3055,
Grassroots Coalition Leaders Endorse HB 1330; Call Senator Piccola's Remark Irresponsible Harrisburg, PA (May 11, 2011) --
The Grassroots Coalition for Real School Choice, an association of over 20 Pennsylvania groups representing thousands of voters, has announced, today, its full support of House Bill 1330, an expansion of the state's Educational Improvement Tax Credit program that provides tuition assistance to middle and low income students attending private schools. Yesterday, HB 1330 passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by a vote of 190-7. At the same time Coalition leaders were endorsing HB 1330, they were condemning the remarks of State Senator Jeff Piccola (R-PA) that the bill was "dead on arrival" in the Senate. "While we congratulate PA House members for their overwhelming support of HB 1330, we have no idea what prompted Senator Piccola, a school choice advocate, to say the bill was 'dead on arrival' in the Senate," said Coalition leader, Teri Adams, President of the Independence Hall Tea Party Association. "The EITC Scholarship program is a clean, budget neutral, and proven program--why would Senator Piccola, Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, make such an irresponsible remark?" Coalition leader, Sharon Cherubin, Executive Director of UNITEPA, added "the EITC Scholarship program is a broad-based, highly touted program that reflects real school choice. "It is estimated that 80,000 Pennsylvania school children will benefit from this program in the first year. In the following year, that number could double," she said. "And the good part is that the EITC Scholarship Program is strictly financed by corporate donations. In exchange for donations, the state provides participating corporations with generous tax credits. The program is not a budget buster."
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UPDATE:
UNITEPA testifies for House Education Committee
Subject: School Choice in Pennsylvania
July 2011
UNITEPA & Independence Hall Tea Party Association met with Secretary of Education, Ron Tomalis.
August 2011
NEW INDEPENDENT POLL
Pennsylvania Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted November 5, 2011
By Pulse Opinion Research
Commissioned by UNITEPA in cooperation with
Independence Hall Tea Party Association.
CLICK HERE FOR CROSSTABS
REAL SCHOOL CHOICE
SCHOOL CHOICE HEARING
UNITEPA TESTIMONY
Click Here
THE FREEDOM INDEX 2011
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rates Congressmen based on their adherence
to Constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and a traditional foreign policy of avoiding foreign entanglements.
A Congressional Scorecard
based on the U.S. Constitution
2011 RESULTS
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2011 INDEX FOR ECONOMIC FREEDOM
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