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Latest News

NEW! November 7, 2009 Update. The SPTEA is introduced; the PCTA grows again. Click here.

NEW! What's your potential school property tax increase for 2010? The 2010 Act 1 index is here.

NEW! Autumn 2009 SPTEA Promo Pack. Goodies to help you promote the SPTEA. Click here.

August 19, 2009 Update. All's quiet; an important meeting. Click here.

March 27, 2009 Update. A deputy sheriff speaks out. Click here.




NEW! What's your 2009 property tax relief from gambling money? Check how much you'll receive here.

What needs to happen? A statement from Rep. Sam Rohrer. Click here.

June 2008 Rally Recap! Photos, video, media coverage. Click here.

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Features

Personal SPTEA Calculator
Excel calculator to see your tax savings under House Bill 1275, the School Property Tax Elimination Act. Now includes calculations for Philadelphia property tax reduction!

SPTEA Petitions
Sign an individual petition to demonstrate your approval of the SPTEA or distribute a multi-signature petition to really gather support! Print extra copies for your friends, family, and neighbors so they can help, too! Download the petitions as PDF files here.

SPTEA Promo Pack
A downloadable collection of materials and ideas that you can use to help spread the word and increase support for the School Property Tax Elimination Act.

Why school property taxes need to be eliminated!
Two excellent essays on the fallacy of property taxes for education funding.

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Which Pennsylvania Representatives care about the homeowners of Pennsylvania?
Who is working for you?

The current list of House Bill 1275, the School Property Tax Elimination Act (SPTEA), co-sponsors is shown below. These are the lawmakers who truly care about Pennsylvania homeowners and if your Representative isn’t on this list, you should be contacting him or her now! Demand that they co-sponsor and support the SPTEA by working for its enactment. In many cases you will be offered phony excuses why they won’t co-sponsor or why the plan won’t work, but this is almost always because of petty political maneuvering that has nothing to do with the worthiness of the bill. Accept no excuses! If they won’t support the SPTEA, the November 2010 election is the time to show them the door!

Our thanks to the Representatives on this list who have shown that they truly care about the schoolchildren and taxpayers of Pennsylvania. Please consider contacting them to thank them for their support of the School Property Tax Elimination Act.

You can locate the name and contact information for your Representative by Zip+4 here.

Rep. Sam Rohrer R-128 (Berks)
Rep. Kerry Benninghoff R-171 (Centre, Mifflin)
Rep. Karen Boback R-117 (Columbia, Luzerne, Wyoming)
Rep. Thomas Caltagirone D-127 (Berks)
Rep. Jim Cox R-129 (Berks)
Rep. Tom Creighton R-37 (Lancaster)
Rep. Gary Day R-187 (Berks, Lehigh)
Rep. Gordon Denlinger R-99 (Lancaster)
Rep. Russell Fairchild R-85 (Snyder, Union)
Rep. Jaret Gibbons D-10 (Beaver, Butler, Lawrence)
Rep. Keith Gillespie R-47 (York)
Rep. Neal Goodman D-123 (Schuylkill)
Rep. Seth Grove R-196 (York)
Rep. C. Adam Harris R-82 (Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder)
Rep. Tim Hennessey R-26 (Chester)
Rep. Rob Kauffman R-89 (Cumberland, Franklin)
Rep. Mark Keller R-86 (Franklin, Perry)
Rep. Jerry Knowles R-124 (Berks, Schuylkill)
Rep. Tim Mahoney D-51 (Fayette)
Rep. Ron Miller R-93 (York)
Rep. Dan Moul R-91 (Adams/Franklin)
Rep. T. Mark Mustio R-44 (Allegheny)
Rep. Merle Phillips R-108 (Northumberland, Snyder)
Rep. Thomas Quigley R-146 (Montgomery)
Rep. Todd Rock R-90 (Franklin)
Rep. Dante Santoni D-126 (Berks)
Rep. Stan Saylor R-94 (York)
Rep. Curt Schroder R-155 (Chester)
Rep. Tim Seip D-125 (Berks, Schuylkill)
Rep. RoseMarie Swanger R-102 (Lebanon)
Rep. Will Tallman R-193 (Adams/York)