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= State Senators Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware) the Majority Leader and Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) the Minority Leader were interviewed on PCN on 5/24/11 and found much to agree on. =

= Pileggi said that the question is what to do with the projected $1 billion in surplus revenue that the state is receiving over and above what was originally accounted for in either Gov. Corbett's budget proposal or the new GOP plan that was approved by the State House on 5/24/11. Pileggi wants to wait to see if this projection holds through May's economic data. =

= "The House Republican caucus, Senate Republican caucus and our friends across the aisle share the objective of increased funding wherever possible for education - both K-12 and higher education," Pileggi said. =

= "We share some objectives. We think in K-12 there's a disproportionate impact on our more vulnerable schools," Pileggi said."Even in the House Republican plan, we think we can achieve a better distribution of those dollars... in K-12 and pre-K-12." =

= Costa proposed using approximately $200 million of the $500 million surplus already in hand for education and Welfare. Specifically, he wants to reallocate money to the accountability block grants, tutoring, charter school reimbursement and restoring the basic education line item - funds that had been available before the Stimulus money but had been erased or severely limited in Gov. Corbett's and the House GOP budget. Costa was open to tapping other revenue sources than just the surplus to get this done. =

= Pileggi said he expects action on this during the second or third week of June. =

= Watch the interview [|here]. = =Pileggi Says Budget Surplus Should be Used Now to Provide Program Relief=

= In University City on 6/6/11 to address the first class of graduates at Boys' Latin Charter School, Gov. Corbett said that state legislators are meeting to find ways to restore funding initially cut in his austere March budget proposal. = =Philly Judge Halts Teacher Layoffs, For Now=

= During our TEACH meeting with State Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Jefferson Hills), Saccone pledged support for Pileggi's commitment to put money back into education. = =media type="custom" key="9811575"=



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= Majority Republicans in the Pennsylvania House sent their state budget proposal to the Senate on Tuesday over the loud objections of Democrats during a long floor debate. = =The chamber voted, 109-92, to approve a $27.3 billion spending plan and move the process closer to negotiations among legislative leaders and Gov. Corbett. = =At least 74 members spoke on the bill, which Speaker Sam Smith (R., Jefferson) said might constitute a record. All Democrats, and two Philadelphia Republicans, voted against it. = =Surplus Blindness -Pa. Leaders Sit on Tax Reserves While Needs Go Unmet= =Area Lawmakers React to House Passing the State Budget= =Pa. House GOP passes budget over Dem objections= =House Budget Vote Reaction Split Down Party Lines= =Mon-Yough Republicans urged to reconsider budget vote=

=Now the Senate is the only thing that stands between our children and the knife! We'll have to redouble our efforts to visit and call Republican Senators and convince them not to steal education from our state's smallest citizens. There are 30 Republicans and 20 Democrats in the State Senate.= = The budget is expected to come to a vote in the Senate in mid-June. We are hopeful the more liberal Senate body will amend it to restore some or all of these devastating education cuts. If amended, it would then return to the House for a final vote.= = IT'S NOT OVER YET!!!!! = =Barring that, all we can do is remember...= == =... Remember a time when we had public schools that echoed the dictum of the Statue of Liberty:= = "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free." = =Remember a time when we funded education for EVERYONE and not just those in charter and parochial schools.=

=All we'll be able to do is remember...=

= AND VOTE IN THE NEXT ELECTION! =

=Let your nearest Republican legislator know how you feel about this vote and the upcoming vote in the Senate:= =__GOP Legislators On the Edge __ = =__Republican Legislators __ = =__Other Ways to TAKE ACTION __ =

=[|READ HOUSE BILL 1485 - THE REPUBLICAN'S PROPOSED BUDGET]=

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=Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled House have unveiled a new budget proposal this week that puts about $620 million more into basic and higher education than Gov. Corbett proposed. It does this by cutting money from welfare programs. It maintains the level of spending that Corbett proposed with no tax increases. = = The Republican budget proposal is expected to receive House action during the week of May 23. = = = =__School Funding Loss for 2011-12 __ = =__New Budget Proposal Would Give Mon-Yough Area Schools More to Work With __ = =__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">House GOP Budget Plan Restores SOME Cuts to Education __ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Pa House Panel Approves GOP Budget Alternative __ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">House Republicans Budget is a Positive Step, But Still Means Major Cuts to Schools __ = =<span style="background-color: #008000; color: #00ff00; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Good start, Republicans! = =<span style="background-color: #008000; color: #00ff00; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But it's NOT ENOUGH! = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> = =<span style="background-color: #008000; color: #00ff00; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You haven't even touched the $1 billion surplus, placed any kind of tax on marcellus shale, reduced the $2.68 billion increase to prison spending, eliminated Gov. Corbett's private W.A.M. - the $2 billion Liberty Loan fund - or any of a dozen other revenue generators. = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">MORE REVENUE GENERATORS __ = =<span style="background-color: #008000; color: #00ff00; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who are you kidding? = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Restoring $600 million is good, but our children shouldn't have to lag behind because we're still cutting about $1 billion from education! =

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=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Don't be fooled. This has nothing to do with money. Our children are being held ransom so Gov. Corbett and his Republican cronies can hurt teachers. They want to destroy the political power educators have through our right to unionize. If Republicans have to take away the things our most vulnerable citizens need, then so be it. = =<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please call, email or - better yet - visit a GOP senator or representative TODAY... = =<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">... before it's too late. = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">GOP Legislators On the Edge __ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Republican Legislators __ = = = =Debate on House Bill 1485=

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