As governor, Shapiro should give Pennsylvania students a ‘lifeline’

Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor-elect, should get behind “lifeline” scholarships, the vice president of the Commonwealth Foundation says

Originally published in LNP

After months of campaigning — all the rhetoric, the countless negative ads and the record-setting political spending — Pennsylvanians made a decision: We elected a divided state government.

Now, it’s time to get to the business of governing. First on the docket must be “lifeline” scholarships. Students trapped in Pennsylvania’s lowest-performing schools need to be rescued.

It’s a win-win for Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro, lawmakers and Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable kids — a reform that carries bipartisan support across the commonwealth and one that would yield transformational results for students.

Read more at LNP

Originally published by Commonwealth Foundation. Republished with permission

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