Speaking
with The Philadelphia Inquirer,
Piccola told the newspaper that he would like to see an expansion of the
state’s scholarship tax credit program, the Educational Improvement Tax Credit,
and the enactment of a voucher program.
“We’ve provided all
the roadmaps and legislative direction that I think the commonwealth needs to
go,” Piccola told the paper. “It just needs [Governor Tom Corbett’s] administration and legislative leadership necessary to enact it.”
Last year, the
Pennsylvania Senate passed Senate Bill 1, which passed the Senate by a 27-22
vote in October 2011, would provide vouchers to
low-income students attending the bottom 5 percent of the state's worst
performing school districts. Parents could use vouchers to send their children
to private schools. The measure also
included an expansion of the EITC Program.
Keep reading to watch an interview where Piccola discusses his last few months in office.
