PA’s minimum teacher salary ($18,500) hasn’t increased since 1988. PA's minimum wage ($7.25), hasn’t been raised since 2009, and is lower than all neighboring states.
Free College Benefit for you and your family
The PSEA Free College Benefit offers working families an accessible, debt-free, and convenient higher education opportunity. You, your spouse or domestic partner, children, daughters- and sons-in-law, siblings, sisters- and brothers-in-law, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, parents, and mothers- and fathers-in-law can all take advantage of this exciting opportunity.
Zero out-of-pocket cost
Members and their families can earn an Associate Degree online, with no out-of-pocket costs. A last-dollar scholarship covers the difference between any federal grants and your tuition, fees and e-books at Eastern Gateway Community College (EGCC).
Eastern Gateway credits are transferable
Eastern Gateway Community College is a public, nonprofit school in the University System of Ohio and is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Credits you earn can transfer to other schools, potentially saving you thousands of dollars.
