We are investing more than ever in our schools and students.
Ensuring all students have access to a high-quality education
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Enacting legislation to address substitute teacher shortages (
Act 91 of 2021 and
Act 26 of 2021)
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Increasing online learning resources for school entities (
HB 1330)
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Allowing homeschooled students to participate in co-curricular programs and career and technical education programs (
HB 1041)
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Establishing the Lifeline Scholarship Program to give students at our lowest-achieving public schools the resources to pursue a quality education (
HB 2169)
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Legislation vetoed by the governor would have required schools to publish on their websites the curriculum taught for each grade and subject area (
HB 1332 - Veto. No. 5)
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Expanding access to dual enrollment programs by allowing charter schools and vocational-technical schools to offer dual with institutions of higher education (
HB 358)
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Improving the Economically Disadvantages Schools program (
HB 1642)
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Recognizing out-of-state career and technical instructional certificates in Pennsylvania to allow for more teachers in our classrooms (
HB 2646)
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Studying solutions to address the shortage of school bus drivers (
House Resolution 15 of 2021)
Safeguarding students' pathways for success.
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Enacting legislation to keep students who are experiencing education instability on track to graduate (
Act 1 of 2022)
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Enacting legislation to allow parents to have their child repeat a grade during the 2021-2022 school year due to COVID-19 (
Act 66 of 2021)
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Establishing statewide early literacy programs (
HB 2045)
Protecting students and making schools safer.
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Creating a school-based mental health services pilot grant program to supplement mental health services to student (
HB 2022)
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Providing schools with the option of incorporating age-appropriate mental health education programs into their existing curriculum for students in grades K-12 (
HB 2023)
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Requiring the State Board of Education to study how mental health instruction is offered by school entities (
HB 2024)
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Protecting female student’s access to athletic opportunities (
HB 972)
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Safeguarding student’s financial aid packages from institutions of higher education (
HB 2255)
Preparing students/workers for careers.
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Study the jobs of the future to ensure resources are available to train students for careers in new industries (
House Resolution 60 of 2021).
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Enacted the most significant reform of Pennsylvania’s career and technical education (CTE) laws in more than 30 years (
Act 76 of 2019).
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Enacted new vocational instructional certification requirements to attract more experienced vocational-technical educators (
Act 39 of 2018).
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Created an alternative pathway for CTE students to demonstrate readiness for high school graduation with alternatives to the Keystone Exam (
Act 6 of 2017).
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Formed the Select Subcommittee on Technical Education and Career Readiness to ensure that this important educational pathway is not overlooked (
House Resolution 102 of 2015).
Focusing on the issues you care about the most.
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Our caucus members have participated in public hearings throughout the Commonwealth on important educational concerns shared by our constituents. These include:
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PASSHE consolidation
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COVID-19 responses
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Academic accountability
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Mental health in schools
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Special Education
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Learning loss