Many times, counties find themselves desperately trying to find enough poll workers for Election Day, but this year seems to be a different story.
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become lawFILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks before President Joe Biden at the Finishing Trades Institute on March 9, 2023, in Philadelphia. A top Republican state lawmaker is criticizing Shapiro's proposed tax break to attract more people into Pennsylvania’s ranks of police officers, nurses and teachers. HARRISBURG, Pa.
At $100 million in a state where public schools spend more than $35 billion a year, the Pennsylvania proposal was viewed by some as largely symbolic. But both sides say its passage in Pennsylvania would open the door to a larger program eventually. Public views about vouchers are complicated — and do not necessarily reflect the partisan divide in statehouses, or even the usual assumptions.
Shapiro insists he only supports a voucher program that doesn't do that — something public school advocates dispute, saying every voucher dollar could have gone to public schools.Shapiro's familiarity with private schools, meanwhile, is borne of experience. He attended a private Jewish school, his children attend the same school and his father is on the school’s board.
But even if Yass never gives another dime to Shapiro's campaigns, keeping Yass on the sidelines may also be a potent strategy to weaken Republican opponents. Those fluent in the history of school vouchers could think of no other Democratic governor who had embraced them.
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law. He put his weight behind a $100 million Republican-backed private-school voucher proposal over the summer, before backing off amid opposition by House Democrats. His stance was unusual among governors. In the partisan politics of education funding, the “school choice” movement had long had to concentrate its efforts on states where a Republican governor was an ally. Previously, other Democratic governors who had backed school choice measures had done so in compromise deals with Republican-controlled legislatures. Shapiro has helped put vouchers at the forefront of the state’s political agenda.
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law.
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law.
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