PA House Dems Voted to Rip Scholarships Away from Kids

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania.

On Tuesday, Pennsylvania House Democrats on the Education Committee quietly did something extraordinary—and not in a good way.

With barely a day’s notice and not even posting a public committee notice, they passed a series of bills that would decimate educational options in Pennsylvania.

The first bill, House Bill (HB) 2632, would gut the state’s most successful educational choice programs, strip scholarships from low-income students, and slam the door on tens of thousands more who are desperately waiting to get in.

Another bill, HB 2634, would cut funding to all charter schools, with an especially harmful reduction in support for special-needs students.

Read more at RealClearPennsylvania.