We are ensuring all students have access to a high-quality education.
  •   Enacting legislation to address substitute teacher shortages (Act 91 of 2021 and Act 26 of 2021)
  •   Improving the Economically Disadvantaged Schools program and containing provisions of the 2022 School Code omnibus amendment for the budget (Act 55 of 2022)
  •   Increasing online learning resources for school entities (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 1330)
  •   Allowing homeschooled students to participate in co-curricular programs and career and technical education programs (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 1041)
  •   Expanding access to dual enrollment programs by allowing charter schools to enter into agreements with institutions of higher education (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 358)
  •   Recognizing out-of-state career and technical instructional certificates in Pennsylvania to allow for more teachers in our classrooms (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 2646)
  •   Requires the Public Higher Education Funding Commission to develop a state-related university performance-based funding model for the General Assembly to consider (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 2619)
  •   Establishing the Lifeline Scholarship Program to give students at our lowest-achieving public schools the resources to pursue a quality education (House Bill 2169, awaiting Senate consideration)
  •   Legislation vetoed by the governor would have required schools to publish on their websites the curriculum taught for each grade and subject area (House Bill 1332)(Veto No. 5)
  •   Studying solutions to address the shortage of school bus drivers (House Resolution 15 of 2021)


We are ensuring students stay on a path for success.

  •   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)
  •   Enacting legislation to keep students who are experiencing education instability on track to graduate (Act 1 of 2022)
  •   Establishing statewide early literacy programs (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 2045)
  •   Extending special education enrollment for a student who is aging out due to COVID-19 (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 2674)
  •   Establishing disability inclusive curriculum (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 1809)


We are protecting students and making schools safer.

  •   Providing school mental health grants for 2022-23 school year (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 2468)
  •   Requiring the School Safety and Security Committee to issue a survey on how mental health instruction is offered by school entities (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 2024)
  •   Safeguarding student financial aid packages from institutions of higher education (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 2255)
  •   Creating a school-based mental health services pilot grant program to supplement mental health services to student (House Bill 2022)
  •   Providing schools with the option of incorporating age-appropriate mental health education programs into their existing curriculum for students in grades K-12 (House Bill 2023)
  •   Protecting female student’s access to athletic opportunities (House Bill 972) (Veto No. 7)


We are preparing students/workers for careers.

  •   Requiring the inclusion of Career and Technical Education certifications on a student’s high school transcript (included within Act 55 of 2022, formerly House Bill 1013)
  •   Studying the jobs of the future to ensure resources are available to train students for careers in new industries (House Resolution 60 of 2021)
  •   As a result of the work performed by the Select Subcommittee on Technical Education and Career Readiness, recommendations enacted are the most significant reform of Pennsylvania’s career and technical education (CTE) laws in more than 30 years (Act 76 of 2019)
  •   Enacted new career and technical instructional certification requirements to attract more experienced career-technical educators (Act 39 of 2018)
  •   Created an alternative pathway for CTE students to demonstrate readiness for high school graduation with alternatives to the Keystone Exam (Act 6 of 2017)
  •   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)


We are also focusing on the issues you care about the most.

• Our caucus members have participated in public hearings throughout the Commonwealth on important educational concerns shared by our constituents. These include:
     o PASSHE consolidation
     o COVID-19 responses
     o Academic accountability
     o Mental health in schools
     o Special Education
     o Learning loss
     o School safety
     o Teacher shortage