The Pennsylvania state senate's education committee just passed SB1 - the school choice bill - by a bipartisan 9-2 vote. FreedomWorks has been running an aggressive campaign for school choice since the very first day of session and is excited to see that the bill is now well on its way to the full senate for an up or down vote on Wednesday, Oct. 26th.

This bill will save children from failing and often violent government schools in Pennsylvania, by giving them an opportunity to go to a different school of their choice. It will empower parents and children in the worst schools in the state to make decisions that could change their lives forever. FreedomWorks is proud to support SB1 and the opportunity scholarships that it creates for such students.

The next step in this campaign is to get the bill through the full senate on Wednesday. We need YOUR help to do this. Here are the main fence-sitters in this debate that need some encouragement to do the right thing:

Republicans

Jane Earll 717-787-8927 jearll@pasen.gov

Mary Jo White 717-787-9684 mwhite@pasen.gov

John Gordner 717-787-8928 jgordner@pasen.gov

Gene Yaw 717-787-3280 gyaw@pasen.gov

Elder Vogel 717-787-3076 evogel@pasen.gov

Pat Vance 717-787-8524 vance@pasen.gov

Democrats

Michael J. Stack 717-787-9608 stack@pasenate.com

Shirley M. Kitchen 717-787-6735 kitchen@pasenate.com

Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. 717-787-5662 lfarnese@pasenate.com

Lisa Boscola 717-787-4236 boscola@pasenate.com

John Yudichak 717-787-7105 yudichak@pasenate.com