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FOSCEP 2017-2019 Board of Directors' Election Results

2017 FOSCEP Board of Directors' Election Results

The following are your elected representitives for the FOSCEP Board of Directors, who will serve a two-year term from July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2019:

  • President: No person received enough write-in votes
  • Vice President: Brett Reigh
  • Treasurer: Gerald Bennett
  • Secretary: No person received enough write-in votes
  • 2nd VP, Education: John Kashatus
  • 2nd VP, State Library: Iren Snavely
  • 2nd VP, PHMC: Curt Miner
  • 2nd VP, Corrections: Matthew McClelland
  • 2nd VP, Other Agencies: Monica Harrower
  • Director, Education: Kevin Mauro
  • Director, Education: Jeffery Magnani
  • Director
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Vouchers, EITC, ESAs don't help students

AFT Pennsylvania opposes taxpayer-funded school vouchers, education scholarship tax credits (Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs), which are back-door vouchers that use tax breaks to subsidize private and parochial schools. Vouchers represent a false hope for a few children, while most vouchers/scholarships are used by students already attending private schools. Vouchers do not deliver better outcomes for students and leave fewer resources for public school programs that are proven to work.

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Trump's budget takes a meat cleaver to public education

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The 2018 budget proposal released by the White House on March 16 "takes a meat cleaver to public education" and ignores promised investments in the types of skills, training and other vital family supports that Trump rode to the White House in 2016, AFT President Randi Weingarten says.


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AFTPA opposes eliminating school property taxes

AFT Pennsylvania's Executive Council has approved a resolution opposing legislative efforts to eliminate school property taxes across the commonwealth. The resolution was approved unanimously by the Executive Council March 10. The property tax elimination bill has not been introduced yet.

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FOSCEP: Our concern is people

The Federation of State Cultural and Educational Professionals, Local 2382, AFT, AFL-CIO, is the union representing professional employees in a variety of state departments and offices, including the Departments of Education, Transportation, Corrections, Environmental Protection, Health and the Historical and Museum Commission. Although our positions are varied, we share a common goal: to provide the best services possible to Pennsylvania residents. We invite you to get to know us, to share your ideas and contribute your talents and energy to making the union stronger for all of us.

As a FOSCEP member, you are members of the national labor movement, represented by AFT Pennsylvania at the state level and American Federation of Teachers and AFL-CIO, which help us advocate on state and national issues that affect the institutions and constituents we serve.