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Senator Lindsey Williams’ Bill to Reduce Barriers to Career and Tech Ed Clears Education Committee
Harrisburg, Pa. − June 9, 2026 − Today, Senator Lindsey M. Williams’ Senate Bill 366 that improves access to Career and Technical Education programs by permitting students to complete their programs prior to twelfth grade...
Senator Lindsey Williams Votes to Approve Student-Focused Performance-Based Funding Measures
Harrisburg, Pa. − June 8, 2026 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) issues this statement following the Performance-Based Funding Council’s vote to approve the inaugural Performance Goals and Student Weights for distributing funding to three Pennsylvania...
Could AI replace teachers? PA Sen. is looking to stop the possibility
PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania Senator is looking to ensure that students in the Commonwealth have access to human teachers over Artificial Intelligence (AI). “For every aspect of a student’s life, there’s a tech company trying to digitize it for profit,” Sen....
Shaler Area Middle School named 1 of state’s Schools to Watch
It only took a few seconds for Shaler Area Middle School principals and students to accept a banner Friday from Bruce Vosburgh, director of Pennsylvania Schools to Watch, recognizing the school’s accomplishments. But Principal Shannon Howard noted that the time,...
Pirates host Southwestern Pennsylvania Career Signing Day celebration
Prior to their game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, April 29, the Pirates hosted the fourth annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Career Signing Day and Career and Technical Education Celebration in the Left Field Lounge at PNC Park. During the event, 50...
Pennsylvania PBS honors seven Champions of Lifelong Learning
Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania PBS and its seven member stations celebrated public media and seven Champions of Lifelong Learning award winners during “A Beautiful Day in the Capitol” in Harrisburg on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. “This recognition is a reminder that...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Applauds Senate Confirmation of Education Secretary Carrie Rowe
Harrisburg, Pa. − December 9, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, issues this statement following the Senate confirmation of the Honorable Carrie Rowe, Ed.D. as Secretary of Education: “I am excited to congratulate...
Senator Williams Joins Penn State Faculty Alliance for Union Election Announcement
Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Rep. Arvind Venkat, and Library Officials Celebrate Public Libraries and State Budget Increase
Pittsburgh, Pa. − December 9, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) Representative Arvind Venkat (D-30), representatives from the Allegheny County Library Association, and Board Members and staff from the Northland Library gathered on Friday to...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Minority Chair of Senate Education Committee, Denounces Trump Administration’s Continued Attempts to Destroy Public Education
Pittsburgh, Pa. − November 19, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, issues this statement in response to yesterday’s announcement of the Trump Administration’s aggressive steps toward further dismantling the...
Senator Williams Advocates for Fully Funding Higher Ed
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Announces Legislation to Protect Students; Enforce Federal Education Laws
Harrisburg, Pa. − October 21, 2025 − Today, Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny), Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, announced that she will introduce legislation to create an Office of Civil Rights within the Pennsylvania Department of...
Senator Costa and Senator Williams Named Pennsylvania Library Association 2025 Elected Officials of the Year
Pittsburgh, PA — September 30, 2025 — In 2024, the Allegheny County Library Association (ACLA) and their 46 member libraries approached the 26 representatives and state senators who represent Allegheny County with a funding request for a project entitled “Providing...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Issues Statement Criticizing Supreme Court Decision Allowing the Dismantling of Dept. of Education
Pittsburgh, PA − July 15, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Democratic Chair of the Senate Education Committee, issues this statement following yesterday’s Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump Administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education:...
Senators Lindsey M. Williams, Judy Schwank and Rep. Jeanne Mcneill Announce Legislation to Address Child Care Worker Shortage
Harrisburg, PA − May 5, 2025 − Today Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny), Senator Judy Schwank (D-Berks), and Rep. Jeanne McNeill (D-133) announced their intent to champion Governor Shapiro’s legislation to support working families across Pennsylvania by...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Applauds Shapiro Administration’s Legal Challenge to Early Termination of Federal Education Funding
Pittsburgh, Pa. − April 10, 2025 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Democratic Chair of the Senate Education Committee, issued this statement following Governor Josh Shapiro’s announcement that he is suing the Trump Administration over the early termination of ESSER...
Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, Senate Democratic Education Chair Lindsey Williams Decry Dismantling of Federal Department of Education
PITTSBURGH, PA − March 20, 2025 − Today, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order which begins the process of dismantling the US Department of Education. In condemning this unconstitutional action, Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa and Senate Democratic...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams’ Press Conference Remarks on Federal Attacks on the Department of Education
Harrisburg, PA − February 26, 2025 − This afternoon, Senate Democrats held a press conference in response to the U.S. House’s passage of a budget bill that proposes significant cuts to federal education funding and ongoing attacks to public...
Sen. Lindsey M. Williams’ Career and Technical Education Funding Bill Unanimously Passes Senate Education Committee
Harrisburg, Pa. − June 25, 2024 − Today, Senator Lindsey M. Williams’ Career and Technical Education Funding Bill passed the Senate Education Committee unanimously. Senate Bill 366 is co-prime sponsored by all six Senate members of the Basic Education Funding...
Senator Lindsey M. Williams Calls for Senate to Take Up House Education Funding Legislation
Pittsburgh, Pa. − June 12, 2024 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, is calling for the Senate to consider HB2370, landmark legislation that addresses the Commonwealth Court’s mandate to fully and constitutionally fund...