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Federal Policy Issues

PSEA works with the NEA to monitor federal issues that impact our schools, our students, and our professions. This includes legislation in Congress and policy changes from the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies. 

Oppose the U.S. House budget reconciliation bill

The U.S. Senate is now going to decide how to deal with the disastrous federal budget reconciliation bill that the U.S. House narrowly passed in May.

This awful bill would pay for $3.75 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy by slashing funding for programs that millions of Pennsylvanians need to cover their health care and nutritious meals. And it would divert $20 billion from public school funding to pay for tax-credit vouchers for private and religious schools.

Our U.S. senators need to know how painful these unprecedented funding cuts will be to their constituents in rural, urban, and suburban communities. 

U.S. Supreme Court: Fair Share Fees

A divided U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on June 27, 2018, in Janus v. AFSCME that further rigs the rules against working people. The 5-4 court majority ruled that public-sector unions like PSEA can no longer collect fair share fees from non-members for the services that unions provide to them.

College Affordability

Painful funding cuts have resulted in rising costs for colleges and universities. Graduates are often saddled with crushing student loan debt. Seven out of every 10 Pennsylvania students have debt that averages more than $33,000.

We can do better. That's why the National Education Association has launched the Degrees Not Debt Campaign.

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