Tell Us Your Story - Senator Ward, K

Nearly 250,000 Pennsylvania students are trapped in failing schools – many of which have only a small percentage of students performing at grade level in reading or math. The Pennsylvania Award for Student Success (PASS) program would offer scholarships to support new services and learning opportunities for students in the state’s lowest-performing schools. Gov. Josh Shapiro campaigned on school scholarships and emphasized that all children deserve a chance at a good education – Senate Republicans agree.

The PASS program was part of this year’s state budget proposal until Gov. Shapiro announced he would veto his own priority. Senate Republicans want to ensure kids trapped in failing schools have a chance – you help take action by sharing your story and/or signing our petition.

Your story will be shared across social media and you can share your story two ways.

Video: You can upload below a quick video of yourself telling us your story from your phone.
Photo/Story: Write your story in the below space provided and upload a high-resolution picture of yourself. We ask that you consider a length of up to 200 words, but we are not going to stop you. We know that sometimes when you start writing, you just can’t stop, and we want to know your full story, however we might have to shorten to fit social media standards.

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Please upload a video or high resolution photo of yourself
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, gif, png, Max. file size: 4 MB.
License and Release(Required)
By submitting your story ("Story") and photo ("Photo") to the Pennsylvania Senate you represent, warrant and agree to the following:
1. You are at least 18 years old.
2. You are the author of the Story, which is your original work and does not constitute an infringement of any valid copyright, and the Pennsylvania Senate’s rights to use the Story, as described in paragraph 4, will not infringe upon or violate any rights of any third party
3. You own the copyright to the Photo, or have the permission of the copyright owner to submit the Photo, and the Pennsylvania Senate’s rights to use the Photo as described in paragraph 4, will not infringe or violate any rights of any third party.
4. You grant the Pennsylvania Senate a royalty-free, nonexclusive, irrevocable license to copy, create derivative works, and publicly distribute, display and perform the Story and Photo worldwide in any and all formats, whether in print or electronically.
5. The Story and Photo are provided to the Pennsylvania Senate without any expectation of compensation, either now or in the future, and you hereby waive any claim against the Pennsylvania Senate for compensation.
6. The Pennsylvania Senate may publish your name in connection with the Story and Photo.
7. For any other individual identified in the Story or appearing in the Photo, you have received his or her written consent.
8. You release and agree to hold harmless and indemnify the Pennsylvania Senate, its employees and agents against liability, including costs, for actual or alleged direct or indirect infringement of, or inducement to infringe, any copyright or trademark arising out of the Pennsylvania Senate’s use of the Story and Photo, and any actual or alleged violation of an individual’s privacy and/or publicity rights, provided you are reasonably notified of such claims and/or proceedings.
9. This License and Release and any disputes arising in connection with it are governed by Pennsylvania law.

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