In October 2017, the state Senate Education Committee tried to pass Senate Bill 2 – a tuition voucher bill that would drain more than $500 million in state funding from school districts and give it to students to use at non-public schools. After senators got more than 5,000 emails from PSEA members, the bill failed to advance out of committee.
In December 2017, the committee listed SB 2 for another vote but cancelled it after news broke that Senate leaders planned to replace a senator on the committee who opposed the bill with a senator who supported it. The bill is certain to come back for another vote in 2018.
Send a message to your state senator to oppose this voucher scheme:
- Enter your mailing address in the form and click "Start Writing" to get started.
- Feel free to adapt the sample email message to make it personal to you.
- Please do not use your school district email address to email state legislators. PSEA advises members not to send messages during instructional time, and comply with your school district's policies.
