{"id":2644,"date":"2011-04-13T10:15:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T14:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2011-04-13T10:15:48","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T14:15:48","slug":"dinniman-to-hold-rally-for-education-april-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=2644","title":{"rendered":"Dinniman to hold rally for education, April 27"},"content":{"rendered":"
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State Sen. Andrew Dinniman<\/p><\/div>\n

WEST CHESTER\u00a0 \u2013 State Senator Andy Dinniman announced today that he will hold a rally for residents opposed to Governor Corbett\u2019s proposed budget cuts to education on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. on the steps of the Chester County Courthouse (corner of High and Market Streets) in West Chester.<\/p>\n

Please take note: the date for the Rally for Education has been changed to April 27, so that it does not conflict with local school districts\u2019 spring break schedules.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernor Corbett\u2019s significant and widespread cuts to education will be disastrous for students at all levels and even more devastating in the years to come,\u201d Dinniman said. \u201cWe know that cuts to basic and early education mean increased local property taxes, larger class sizes and less individualized attention and specialized programs. We know that cuts to higher education mean significantly increased tuition and fees, greater student borrowing and debt and more people on the unemployment rolls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Governor Corbett recently proposed a $27.3 billion budget that calls for cutting education funding across the board, including the following:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A $550 million cut to funding for public elementary, middle and high schools, including an $8 million cut from the Coatesville Area School District, a $2.5 million cut from the West Chester Area School District, and a $2.9 million cut from the Downingtown Area School District.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A $260 million cut to funding for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and early childhood education programs.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A 50 percent cut to funding for state colleges and universities, including a $26 million cut for West Chester University, a $182 million cut for Penn State and $100 million cut for Pitt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that by investing in education, we are investing in our future and that is precisely what is at stake here. These cuts will set Pennsylvania back decades and undermine all of our efforts for long-term economic growth and prosperity,\u201d Dinniman said. \u201cThat is why I want everyone \u2013 current students and their families, teachers and school employees, college professors and university staff members, high school seniors and prospective students \u2013 to come out on April 27 and make their voices heard. We need to stand together and ensure that our message is loud and clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information contact Senator Dinniman\u2019s District Office at (610) 692-2112, or e-mail acirucci@pasenate.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST CHESTER\u00a0 \u2013 State Senator Andy Dinniman announced today that he will hold a rally for residents opposed to Governor Corbett\u2019s proposed budget cuts to education on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. on the steps of the Chester County Courthouse (corner of High and Market Streets) in West Chester. Please take note: the date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[113,217,69],"class_list":["post-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2011-budget","tag-dinniman","tag-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}