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Voter ID trial scheduled to begin July 15th
by Laura Saccente, Director of Governmental Relations A trial to determine the future of PA’s Voter ID law is set to begin on Monday, July 15. The law, passed in March of 2012, requires voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. Commonwealth Court...
APSCUF releases statement on PASSHE tuition increase
APSCUF released the following statement on July 9th: Today the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s (PASSHE) Board of Governors approved a 3 percent - $194 - tuition increase for the 2013-14 academic year. Resident undergraduate tuition will rise from...
Governor Corbett signs budget; PASSHE receives level funding
Late Sunday evening Governor Tom Corbett signed House Bill 1437, the $28.37 billion General Fund appropriations bill for FY2013-14. This year's budget gives the State System exactly the same money as last year -- $413 million. After a tuition increase next week...
Can we survive another austerity budget?
It's getting to be late June in Harrisburg, which means a budget is about to be passed (let's act like the Pennsylvania Constitution's dictum that it be in place by July 1 is upheld again this year). I think we often get myopic about budgets -- the process in the...
House of Representatives passes state budget bill
by Dan Hagan, APSCUF intern On Wednesday, June 12, the House of Representatives voted on HB1437, the $28.3 billion state budget bill. The bill passed with a party-line vote of 108-92 and now goes to the Senate for consideration. The current budget bill provides flat...
APSCUF’s Executive Council adopts formal statement on weapons policy
Several universities in the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) recently reviewed their weapons policies at the request of PASSHE’s central office. Kutztown University opted to lift an existing weapons ban and permit weapons in open areas on campus. Because...
Senate Education Committee holds hearing on higher education accessibility and affordability
On Wednesday, May 15, the Senate Education Committee held a hearing on three bills that aim to expand access to affordable higher education for Pennsylvania students. Senate Bill 78, sponsored by Senator Greenleaf (R-Bucks), expands state scholarship eligibility...
Support Cheyney in the Home Depot Retool Your School Campaign
The Home Depot continues its long standing support of diverse communities with its Retool Your School program, now in its third year. Retool your school is a campus improvement grant program which provides grants to Historically Black...