And House Democrat's modified Shapiro budget, including ~$700 million in new education funding and $200 million in reoccurring funding for Whole Home Repairs, passes party line, 102-101. IIRC, this is the first bill to pass w/o a GOP vote.

Happening now - House Education Committee meeting. The committee will consider HB 1886 (The Pennsylvania Promise) by Jordan A. Harris #PAPromise

The #PAHouse Education Committee is meeting now to take up important public higher education legislation.

HB 1168 is strongly supported by APSCUF and we thank Peter Schweyer for calling it up for a vote.

HB 1168 now up for a committee vote. This would add an APSCUF seat and an AFSCME seat to the PASSHE BOG. We thank Peter Schweyer and Rep. Tim Briggs for their work on this.

HB 1168 passes by a vote of 14-11. Thanks to members who voted to support shared governance. Peter Schweyer Rep. Tim Briggs Tarah Probst Rep. Aerion Abney Rep. Napoleon Nelson Rep. Mary Isaacson Paul Friel Rep. Jim Prokopiak Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El Rep. Gina H. Curry Rep. Regina Young Rep. Joe Ciresi Mark Rozzi Rep. Carol Kazeem Rep. Paul Takac

House Bill 1168 made it through second consideration earlier today. There was one amendment that failed by a vote of 102-100. APSCUF looks forward to a future vote on final consideration and we thank Peter Schweyer and Rep. Tim Briggs for their efforts on this legislation.

House Bill 1168 passes the #PAHouse by a vote of 107-95. We thank all those who supported shared governance on the PASSHE Board of Governors. The bill now heads to the Senate.

APSCUF applauds Gov. Shapiro and General Assembly on passage of 2024–25 budget | APSCUF apscuf.org/apscuf-applaud…

The PA House Education Committee is considering HB 938 which would add APSCUF and AFSCME as voting members to the PASSHE Board of Governors.

This bill passes 14-12 and will move to the House floor for further consideration.

Top House Democrats are touting a poll which found that increasing state funding for higher education so all students from families making less than $250k get tuitionless degrees at state colleges and universities.

The PA House Education Committee is preparing to vote on HB 2084 which is the #PaPromise bill that would create a Promise program for affordable higher education in the Commonwealth.

“The Pa Promise is about college affordability and access for students” - Jordan A. Harris

“The bottom line for me is that we promised young people that education is the elevator out of poverty… and we have given them a broken elevator” - Jordan A. Harris

“The PA Promise is about keeping our promise to all students” - Jordan A. Harris

“When we were in college it was affordable, it’s not the same situation today” - Tarah Probst

“It would’ve been impossible if the public didn’t invest in me, I wouldn’t be here” - Peter Schweyer arguing in support of the #PAPromise

Chair Peter Schweyer asks for a “yes” vote from the committee on HB 2084 the #PAPromise

HB 2084 the #PAPromise passes out of the House Education Committee by a party-line vote of 14-12. We thanks the representatives who supported this legislation including its sponsors Jordan A. Harris and Senator Hughes. Also thank you to chair Peter Schweyer for running the bill.