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Media Advisory: PFT Pres Jordan Joins AFT President Weingarten, Congressman Boyle for National Day of Action

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September 2, 2020

TODAY: PFT PRES JORDAN JOINS JOIN AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN, CONGRESSMAN BOYLE, MAYOR KENNEY, AFTPA PRESIDENT STEINBERG, SENATOR STREET, COUNCILMEMBERS GYM AND GREEN FOR NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

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PFT Releases Member Survey, Emphasizes Call for Fully Virtual Start to Year

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July 28, 2020

Today, the PFT released its most recent member survey regarding reopening school buildings. Over 7,500 members participated in the weeklong survey.

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PFT President Jerry Jordan on the US House's Passage of the Rebuild America's Schools Act

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July 1, 2020

This evening, the US House passed the Rebuild America’s Schools Act as part of a broader infrastructure bill (HR 2).

On the US House passage of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act (RASA), PFT President Jerry Jordan issued the following statement.

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Jerry Jordan to Board of Education: ‘Where feasible’ just doesn’t cut it.

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July 23, 2020 PFT President Jerry Jordan’s July 23rd Testimony before the School Board MORE

PFT Releases Results of Second Member-Wide Survey on Reopening

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June 29, 2020

This morning, the PFT released the results from a week-long member-wide survey regarding reopening schools. From June 15-23, 2020, 5,914 PFT members participated in an online member-wide survey regarding a variety of school reopening models.

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Fund Our Facilities Coalition Issues Statement on State Budget Proposals

May 27, 2020

Members of the Fund Our Facilities Coalition urge significant additional education funding and a budget that holistically addresses the needs of communities across Pennsylvania. Members of the Fund Our Facilities Coalition issued the following statement regarding state budget proposal (HB2387) which yesterday passed the PA House and is currently in the PA Senate.

PHILADELPHIA–The proposal outlined in HB2387 is woefully inadequate in a host of areas and does little to ameliorate the massive challenges facing residents of the Commonwealth in the wake of COVID-19. As such, while the

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