Every day PSEA members strive to make a difference in the lives of their students and to meet their needs, whatever they may be. To accomplish that, it’s clear our public education system needs more funding, not less.
Unfortunately, politicians in Washington are executing a plan to dismantle public education and phase out all federal education funding over the next decade.
Many of these policies come directly from Project 2025, a 920-page collection of bad policies written by billionaires to reduce funding to our schools, lower the compensation of educators and support professionals, and weaken protections for students with disabilities.
Project 2025's proposal to cut all $2.7 billion in PA's public school federal funding will make salary increases much more challenging. For perspective, the proposed federal cuts equal 16.5 percent of all teacher salaries.
These cuts would have a profound impact on our pensions, salaries, and health care and hurt our ability to negotiate strong contracts. Our students would suffer across the board, as Project 2025 takes aim at programs and resources they need. This plan would rip away Title I and special education funding, undermine needed services for students with disabilities, and eliminate Head Start programming.
We can’t let that happen.
Visit psea.org/learnmore to read more about the threats Project 2025 poses to our schools and students, and to sign up to become an Education Defender to stay in the loop with upcoming events and action opportunities.
