ACTION ALERT: Empower Parents. Educate Children. Support PASS Scholarships (Senate Bill 10)

Help students in struggling school systems by asking your State Representative and State Senator to support PASS Scholarships. 

Parents want more options when it comes to their child’s education. More options help children because education is not a one-size-fits-all.

The Pennsylvania Award for Student Success (PASS) scholarship program, Senate Bill 10, led by prime sponsor Sen. Judy Ward, will make scholarships available to families living in the Commonwealth’s lowest-achieving school districts. This is one option that aims to help children who live in failing school districts. These scholarships can directly help families in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, where school districts fall in the bottom 15 percent of performance metrics based on state testing. 

Students who live within the attendance area of a low-achieving school deserve access to educational alternatives like PASS Scholarships, which may be used towards various educational needs, including tuition, fees, and textbooks.

PASS Scholarships would directly fund students, helping families with children in the lowest-rated school districts choose a school where that child can thrive. There is built-in accountability because we know that ultimately, parents know which schools best serve the needs of their children.

Parents know their children best. Parents should have the right to choose where their children attend school, and we should empower more parents to provide their children with a better solution for success in education.