Full and Fair Funding Fridays is our weekly action to demand that Pennsylvania fully and fairly funds public education—for every student, in every zip code. By signing up, you’re joining hundreds of others across Pennsylvania to raise your voice, share your power, and keep the pressure on.

Here’s how it works:

• Sign up to receive Friday action alerts
• Each week, you’ll be given a quick and meaningful action that you can take.
• You’ll get connected to tools, resources, and updates right here!

Together, we show our lawmakers that people of faith and moral conscience are watching—and we won’t stop until every child gets the education they deserve.

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Pennsylvania’s budget is still not finalized — and our students are still waiting.

We need a budget that includes full and fair funding for public education, with adequacy payments that address decades of disinvestment in underfunded school districts. Until that happens, we will not stop pushing.

This week, we are asking you to take two actions:

1. Call your State Senator and tell them to support a budget that includes full and fair school funding through adequacy payments.

2. Invite two friends or family members to make the same call.

When lawmakers hear from more of us, we are harder to ignore. Your voice matters — and so does your network.

Click here to find your senator here: 

ACTION:  Use this script for your call: 

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in Senate District [number of district or town].  I am calling to ask Senator [name of Senator]____,  to let the senate leadership know that I want them to close the PA state school funding adequacy gap.  PASS A BUDGET THAT CLEARLY HELP CLOSE THAT GAP.   As a ____[teacher, former teacher, parent, clergy, constituent]__ I am calling to ask them to continue to use their position to ensure that the Governor’s proposal for education adequacy funding is included in the final budget.  Tell the senator to call the senate leadership, go back into session, and pass a good budget for our students.

Last week, our Pennsylvania Senate went home, taking no action on the state house budget legislation even though the budget is now almost one month OVERDUE.  Our 500 PA School Districts deserve an on time budget so that they can plan accurately.  We need a budget that includes payments that will help close the gap in underfunded school districts.

The Senate Must Do Its Job.  Agree fully to close the adequacy gap in funding that harms families and kids that live in the poorer school districts:

Click here to find your senator here: 

ACTION:  Use this script for your call: 

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in Senate District [number of district or town].  I am calling to ask Senator [name of Senator]____,  to let the senate leadership know that I want them to close the PA state school funding adequacy gap.  PASS A BUDGET THAT CLEARLY HELP CLOSE THAT GAP.   As a ____[teacher, former teacher, parent, clergy, constituent]__ I am calling to ask them to continue to use their position to ensure that the Governor’s proposal for education adequacy funding is included in the final budget.  Tell the senator to call the senate leadership, go back into session, and pass a good budget for our students.

Last week, the Pennsylvania House passed a state budget that includes a $930 million increase in public education funding, including adequacy payments to help close the gap in underfunded school districts.

This is a major victory, and now, the Senate must follow through.

This week, we’re asking you to call your State Senator and urge them to support fully and fairly funding public schools in the final budget deal.

Your Call Matters
Use the script and find your Senator’s contact info here:

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in Senate District [number of district or town].  I am calling to thank Senator [name of Senator]____,  for their support of fully and fairly funding public education. As a ____[teacher, former teacher, parent, clergy, constituent]__ I am calling to ask them to continue to use their position to ensure that the Governor’s proposal for education adequacy funding is included in the final budget. One action they can take is to continue to encourage Senate Leadership to ensure fully and fairly funding public education is a priority in the final budget deal.

Tell Your State Senator: Fully Fund PA Public Schools Now

Lawmakers in Harrisburg still haven’t reached a final state budget deal and our children can’t wait.

We need your voice to make sure fully and fairly funding public education is a top priority in the final budget agreement. This week’s action:

Call your State Senator and tell them that adequacy payments, which provide funding for historically underfunded school districts, must be included in the final budget.

 We fight for a future where every student in Pennsylvania has access to a well-resourced education, no matter their zip code.

Click here to find your Senator:

Use this script to for your call:

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in Senate District [number of district or town].  I am calling to thank Senator [name of Senator]____,  for their support of fully and fairly funding public education. As a ____[teacher, former teacher, parent, clergy, constituent]__ I am calling to ask them to continue to use their position to ensure that the Governor’s proposal for education adequacy funding is included in the final budget. One action they can take is to continue to encourage Senate Leadership to ensure fully and fairly funding public education is a priority in the final budget deal.

Two Calls. One Message: Fund Our Communities, Not Vouchers

This week, your voice is needed more than ever. Lawmakers in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C. are negotiating final budget agreements that will shape the future of public education, health care, and food assistance across Pennsylvania and the entire nation. 

We’re asking you to make two phone calls—one to your State Representative in Harrisburg and one to your Member of Congress in D.C. These decisions will have lasting impacts on our schools, children, and neighbors.

Use these scripts to help you with your call: 

State House Representative 

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in House District [number of district or town].  I am calling to thank Representative [name of Representative]____,  for their support of fully and fairly funding public education. As a ____[teacher, former teacher, parent, clergy, constituent]__ I am calling to ask them to continue to use their position to ensure that the Governor’s proposal for education adequacy is included in the final budget. One action they can take is to continue to encourage House Leadership to ensure fully and fairly funding public education is a priority in the final budget deal.

Member of Congress

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in Congressional District [number of district or town].  I am calling to urge Representative [name of Representative]____,  to protect medicaid, SNAP, and public schools. As a ____[teacher, former teacher, parent, clergy, constituent]__ this is important to me because __________________. I urge you to vote NO on the budget reconciliation bill that would cut medicaid and SNAP benefits for millions of people in Pennsylvania and create an unlimited and permanent federal school voucher program. Please stand with the children of Pennsylvania and vote NO on this bill. 

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK for our PA General Assembly – They have a statutory deadline ON MONDAY, June 30, to finalize our state’s budget for next year.  All our school districts, parents, and students are waiting to see if our representatives and senators will truly support ALL PA public school children.  We will soon see if they substantially decrease the unconstitutional gap in state funding that hurts all of us and affects the least wealthy communities the most. 

Let the lawmakers hear from you this week!   THIS WEEK’S ACTION IS TO call your House Representative,  encouraging them to:

1. Contact their political leadership (House Majority Leader Rep. Matthew Bradford or House Minority Leader Jesse Topper) to tell them that many, many of us care about public education and demand Full and Fair state funding and. . . 
2. We do NOT support private school vouchers which divert much-needed state resources to private schools that lack transparency and accountability.

Use this link to find your representative and their phone number.

UST THIS SCRIPT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR CALL:

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in House District [number of district or town].  I am calling to ask Representative [name of Representative]____,  to communicate with either Majority Leader Rep. Matt Bradford or Minority Leader Rep. Jesse Topper.  Tell the leaders that we want them to negotiate a PA Education Budget that fully and fairly funds PA public education.  Tell the leaders to use their position to ensure that the governor’s proposal for school funding adequacy is included in the final PA state budget AND to oppose any school voucher system that diverts funds away from public education.  Please ask Representative [name of Representative]____, to communicate this message to leadership today.

This week: Call your house representative!

As lawmakers get closer to negotiating a final budget deal it’s important they continue to hear from us! We want to keep up the momentum for protecting public education which means Pennsylvania’s budget must reflect the importance of public education for all our children. This week’s action is to call your House Representative encouraging them to…

1. Support a final budget that includes funding for historically underfunded school districts (adequacy payments) rectifying decades of disinvestment in public education and 
2. Tell House Leadership they do NOT support private school vouchers which divert much-needed state resources to private schools that lack transparency and accountability

Use this link to find your representative and their phone number. https://www.palegis.us/find-my-legislator

Use this script to help you with your call: 

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in House District [number of district or town].  I am calling to thank Representative [name of Representative]____,  for their support of fully and fairly funding public education. As a ____[teacher, former teacher, parent, clergy, constituent]__ I am calling to ask them to continue to use their position to ensure that the Governor’s proposal for adequacy is included in the final budget AND to oppose school vouchers that divert funds away from public education. One action they can take is to continue to encourage House Leadership to ensure fully and fairly funding public education is a priority in the final budget deal and that no taxpayer dollars are siphoned out of public education to private schools in the form of vouchers or other similar mechanisms. 

This week: Urge your representative to protect public school funding and say NO to vouchers.

Lawmakers in Harrisburg are getting closer to finalizing the state budget – and June is the critical month.

As negotiations continue between the Governor, House, and Senate leadership, we need to make sure our priorities are heard loud and clear.

Fully and fairly funding public education must be in the final budget – and school vouchers must be off the table. Vouchers siphon public dollars into private schools that lack transparency and accountability, leaving our children and our communities behind.

📞 Make your call today.
Let your Representative know that public dollars belong in public schools.

✅ Use this script to guide your call:

Hi my name is [your name], I am a voter and constituent in House District [number or town].

I want to thank Representative [name] for supporting full and fair funding for our public schools.

As a [teacher, parent, clergy, etc.], I urge them to ensure that the Governor’s adequacy funding proposal stays in the final budget and to oppose school vouchers, which pull money away from the public education system.

One key action they can take is to advocate to House Leadership that full and fair education funding must remain a top priority – and that no taxpayer dollars should be siphoned away from our public schools through voucher programs.

Find your legislator here.

Fully and fairly funding public education is one of the top priority for our communities and that is why we are urging Pennsylvania lawmakers to fully fund public education through adequacy funding and cyber charter reform, which would put millions of public tax dollars back into public schools. This week the House passed House Bill 1500, a cyber charter reform bill that will save Pennsylvanians hundreds of millions of dollars by setting tuition cap rate of $8000. This bill will help ensure that Pennsylvanian’s hard-earned tax dollars will be invested in public education and in students’ education. The bill heads onto the Senate for a vote. 

This week’s action is to call your state Senator and urge them to vote yes on cyber charter reform that includes a cyber charter tuition cap of $8,000 and urge them to increase the adequacy payment in this year’s budget.  

📞 Use this link to find your Representative and their phone number:
Find your legislator here.

Use this script to help you with your call: 

Hi my name is _____[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in Senate District [number of district or town].  I am calling to tell Senator___[name of Senator]____,  that I and people in their district fully support public education and want the PA Legislature to fully and fairly fund public education. I’m calling to ask ___[Senator]____ to vote to support the cyber charter reform bill that recently passed the house. Please support cyber charter reform and cap cyber charter tuition at $8,000, so that Pennsylvanian’s tax dollars are invested in public education. This is important to me because ___[your story here]___.

This Week’s Action: Call Your State Representative

Pennsylvania’s schools are facing budget shortfalls—and students are paying the price.

While our public schools struggle, cyber charter schools are charging districts unregulated tuition. That’s taxpayer money leaving our communities instead of supporting the education our children deserve.

This week, we’re calling our State Representatives to demand two key changes in the state budget:

• Cap cyber charter tuition at $8,000 per student; and
• Increase the adequacy payment to close the public education funding gap.
  

📞 Use this link to find your Representative’s contact info:
Find your legislator here.

Call Script:

Hi, my name is [your name], and I am a voter and constituent in House District [your town or number].

I’m calling to tell Representative [name] that I support full and fair funding for public education. I urge them to support a state budget that includes a $8,000 tuition cap on cyber charter schools and an increase in adequacy funding to address the public school funding gap.

This matters to me because [your story here].

Let’s stand up for Pennsylvania’s students—every Friday, until justice comes.

This Week’s Action: Call Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman

As final budget negotiations begin, it’s time to raise our voices with power.
Call Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman at (717) 787-8724 and let him know that Pennsylvanians across the commonwealth support full and fair funding for public education.

Script for your call:

Hi, my name is ______, and I’m a voter and constituent in Senate District number or town.

I’m calling to tell Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman that people across the commonwealth support full and fair funding for public education and closing the adequacy gap for our schools.

This is important to me because __________.

I’m asking Senator Pittman to support adequacy funding for underfunded schools that ensures all children in Pennsylvania receive the education they deserve—within the next four years.

✅ After you call, share on social media and tag @powerinterfaith to show your support.

Let’s build the pressure—and the power.

Call Your State Senator

Call your State Representative again! As budget negotiations get closer to the deadline, it’s important they hear from you often.

Find your representative here.

Use this script to help you with your call: 

Hi my name is ____________. I am a voter and constituent in [town or district number].  I am calling to tell Representative [name] that I support full and fair funding for public education and closing the adequacy gap for our schools. This is important to me because [your story here]. I’m calling to ask that Representative [Name] lead in the PA legislature to rectify the inequities and inadequacies in public education funding this year by weighing in with House Leadership, Speaker McClinton and Leader Bradford, about the importance of ensuring adequacy funding for underfunded schools  is included in the final budget. 

Call Your State Senator

We’ve held 7 powerful town halls across Pennsylvania. Nearly 800 people showed up. Parents, teachers, clergy, and students told the truth:

Our schools are underfunded. Our children are paying the price.

Now we’re asking our State Senators to lead.

Call your State Senator and ask them to support a 4-year plan to close Pennsylvania’s public education adequacy gap.

We’ve made it easy:

✅ Find your Senator
✅ Use our call script
✅ Make the call and tag @powerinterfaith to let others know you did

Hi my name is _________, and I’m a voter and constituent in District ___.  I am calling to tell Senator_______ about the POWER Interfaith Town Hall on Public Education Funding that I attended on ___[Date]___. I was one of ____ number of people who attended a Town Hall this month to show our support for full and fair funding for public education. We heard stories from parents, teachers, and grandparents who spoke proudly of their schools and their vision for how much MORE is possible for our children if the PA legislature provided each school district with adequate funding resources they are constitutionally entitled to.  I’m calling to ask that Senator_______ lead in the PA legislature to rectify the inequities and inadequacies in public education funding this year by working to codify into law a mandate to close the adequacy gap within four years. 

This week: Contact your representative!

HUNDREDS of people took action for Full and Fair Funding by attending one of our town halls across the state, with these legislators joining us in this important conversation: 

Philadelphia

• Rep. Tarik Khan 
• Rep. Andre Carroll 

Chester County

• Rep. Paul Friel 

Lancaster County Town Hall 

• Rep. Ismail Smith Wade-El
• Rep. Nikki Rivera

This week we’ll focus on the House, next week the Senate. Use these scripts to help you with your call (Find your representative here.)

If your representative attended a town hall, use this script:

Hi my name is ___[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in District [number of district or town].  I am calling to thank Representative __[name of representative]_____ for attending the POWER Interfaith Town Hall on Full and Fair Funding. This year is so critical for the PA Legislature to close the adequacy gap and fully fund our schools. There is so much uncertainty right now, Pennsylvania must do all it can to ensure our children receive an excellent public education. I’m calling to ask that Representative ___[Name]____ tells his/her colleagues and leadership in the House about the Town Hall and how much in-district support there is for closing the adequacy gap within four years.  

If your representative did not attend a town hall, use this script. 

Hi my name is ___[your name]___________, I am a voter and constituent in District [number of district or town].  I am calling to tell Representative __[name of representative]_____ about the POWER Interfaith Town Hall on Public Education Funding that I attended on ___[Date]___. I was one of ____ number of people who attended a Town Hall this month to show our support for full and fair funding for public education. We heard stories from parents, teachers, and grandparents who spoke proudly of their schools and their vision for how much MORE is possible for our children if the PA legislature provided each school district with adequate funding resources they are constitutionally entitled to.  I’m calling to ask that Representative ___[Name]____ lead in the PA legislature to rectify the inequities and inadequacies in public education funding this year by working to codify into law a mandate to close the adequacy gap within four years.