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Impact of Project 2025: Latest news and resources

We Value Public Education—Let's Defend It, Together

Become an Education Defender: Defending public education takes all of us—and there are so many ways to get involved. 

INTERACTIVE MAP: See how Federal cuts affect YOUR school district

PSEA has created fact sheets for:

These fact sheets detail the impact of the total federal cuts, special education, school lunches, Medicaid, and Title 1.

NPR – Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP

WHYY – Pa. advocates fear Medicaid cuts, work requirements could impact those with serious illnesses, mental health issues

New PSEA poll finds PA voters believe schools should be safe spaces, oppose deep federal funding cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, public education

NPR – Trump further guts Education Dept. by shifting oversight of special ed, civil rights

Philly Tribune: 160,000 people drop Pennie health plans following price hikes

Philly Tribune: Pa. voters back protected schools, reject Project 2025 education cuts

Press release: NEA response to Trump administration’s proposed 2027 budget

“Trump’s budget doesn’t just confirm what educators already know, but it also exposes an administration that has utterly abandoned working Americans. This administration is sending an unmistakable message: students, educators, and working families do not matter."

Fox 56 - PSEA condemns Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education

Pa. Capital-Star - Uncertainty over SNAP benefits hits home in Pa.’s coal region

PBS 39 – Community Conversation on Department of Education cuts

Bucks County Beacon: The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students

Public News Service – Pa. educators warn federal cuts threaten health care, food benefits

VIDEO: How Project 2025 impacts you

Project 2025 is a blueprint

Project 2025 is a strategic plan to:

               As well as…

      • Class sizes surging,
      • College students losing financial aid, and
      • Students with disabilities losing supports and protections.

What is Project 2025?

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, better known as Project 2025, is a 920-page policy agenda written without input from educators like you.

Today, the current administration in Washington, D.C., is actively using Project 2025 to shape public policy. This agenda will impact you, your school, and your students.

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The financial impact on schools, communities, and PSEA member salaries/benefits

PSEA members have an advantage over educators and support professionals in other states that don’t have our bargaining protections and where fewer people belong to unions. If Project 2025 is fully implemented, our compensation will be negatively impacted. Our salaries and benefits will be more like our lower earning peers in states without strong unions.

The impact on your district

Politicians in Washington, D.C., are executing a plan laid out in Project 2025 to dismantle public education and phase out all federal education funding over the next decade. These policies, along with funding cuts already enacted to health care and nutrition benefits, come at a steep cost for our schools and communities and the students we serve.

Putting it in perspective.

By County

PSEA has created fact sheets for all 67 Pennsylvania counties detailing the impact of cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits and just how much federal education funding is at stake.

By Congressional District

PSEA has created fact sheets for all 17 Pennsylvania Congressional Districts detailing the impact of the total federal cuts, as well as cuts to special education, school lunches, Medicaid, and Title 1.

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What we stand for

As dedicated education professionals, this is what we believe

PSEA members became educators and support professionals to make a difference. We value teaching and learning focused on the needs of our students. And we envision a future where resources and funding are no longer obstacles for our students to reach their full potential.

Cover art by Sophie Tridico, Second Place Student Winner, PSEA’s 2026 Fabric of Unionism Art Competition

Project 2025 in the court system

NEA v. U.S. Department of Education: Department of Education Concedes End of Anti-DEI Directive

In February 2025, the Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague Letter that directed school entities to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.  The Letter, and subsequent actions, sought to stifle educators’ free speech by threatening to withhold federal funds on the basis of the Administration’s definition of “illegal DEI.”

AFT v. Davis: Unions prevail after reduction in force of FMCS

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) is an independent agency that provides conflict resolution services to private and public workers and employers, including mediation services for parties who cannot resolve a collective bargaining dispute.

Recent Polling: What our friends and neighbors think about this

Pennsylvanians share our values and support teaching and learning focused on the needs of our students.

And they OPPOSE Project 2025 plans to attack public education.

Here’s the proof, based on a recent poll PSEA commissioned through Susquehanna Polling and Research, Inc. 

Visit the Susquehanna Polling and Research page

What YOU can do today . . . Become an Education Defender

This can feel overwhelming, but you are not alone. PSEA members have each other’s backs. And we can work together to create a future where educators and support professionals are respected professionals and where resources and funding are no longer obstacles for our students to reach their full potential. Join us!

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