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=Welcome to Riverside's LEAP page. =

This page is designed to be a home base for information, updates and communication for all Riverside Education Association members.
==Faced with serious threats to our school, our union, and our profession, we must remain alert and ready to take action. Governor Corbett's proposed budget cuts to education, along with multiple bills being passed through the House and the Senate, threaten to dismantle our public school system. As small class sizes, elective classes, full day Kindergarten, and pre-Kindergarten programs are eliminated, our students suffer the brunt of the attack. We cannot sit back and watch this happen. ==

TO YOUR RIGHT: This is the navigation tool. There will be links here to Websites or files. These include legislator contact information, online petitions, tips for writing letters to legislators, and important articles.

MAIN PAGE: All need-to-know, current information will be posted regularly. Check back frequently for information about urgent mailings, fast-action voting, and other important updates.

=The last set of letters that we sent out addressed the education budget cuts and were directed toward two of the members of the Senate Education Committee and Governor Tom Corbett. Senator Piccola and Senator Folmer are part of the Committee that is trying to pass the list of Senate Bills you received at April's 10 minute meeting. = =The LEAP Committee will write on the behalf of the Association again for any particular bills you strongly oppose. If you would like to make a request for the LEAP Committee to write a letter to oppose, either leave your suggestion on the wiki discussion board or tell a LEAP Committee member. = =If you are writing your own letter, the contact information for some of the SEC members is linked on the right side of the wiki page. =

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 =SENATE BILL 1 - VOUCHER BILL - [|Click here] to read the Article as proposed by Sen. Piccola and the Senate Education Committee. =

=__The following is a message from a PSEA email newsletter from Thursday, April 28. We sent a letter and called Senator Blake voicing our opposition to vouchers, and we signed petitions for our local representatives. We are fighting this bill! __= = **↓** =

URGENT - Breaking News – Tuition Voucher Vote

A tuition voucher bill could be voted next week.

News reports say Governor Corbett and voucher proponents in the state Senate have joined forces to make a full court press to pass Senate Bill 1, the taxpayer-funded tuition voucher bill.

**Every PSEA member needs to ACT NOW** and [|contact their state senator] TODAY.

After you send your email, make a phone call. Find a [|sample letter] that you can hand write and send. And, go to [|PSEA’s Legislative Action Center] to find your Senator's address and phone number.

Two weeks ago, your efforts succeeded in delaying a Senate vote on a tuition voucher bill.

**Now, we need to do it AGAIN**. Please contact your state senator TODAY.