A poll released on Monday, shows Pennsylvania voters support ending the state monopoly on the sale of liquor and wine. The margin in favor was 3-2.
Meanwhile the Governor stepped up efforts to gain support for his proposal.
It was standing-room-only support for Corbett's plan to sell the state liquor store system. Members of the legislature, school district representatives and business leaders packed the Governor's Reception Room. They were there to support a $1 billion education block grant program.
The Governor says the sale of the liquor stores will produce a one-time windfall of $1 billion dollars from the sale of liquor, wine and beer licenses.
He wants to divide it among the state's school districts over four years, calling it the passport for learning. The proceeds would offer funding for four, student-focused initiatives. They are school safety, early learning, individualized learning and science, technology, engineering and math programs.
Midstate school districts were there to support the privatization, including West Shore, Harrisburg, Lower Dauphin, Susquehanna Township, Big Spring and Cumberland Valley.
Barbara Geistwhite, a member of the Cumberland Valley School Board says it's a great step forward for education. "This opportunity to look for innovative ways to fund education is really a great step forward. I also think it's very important that we are allowed as different school districts to use these funds without a lot of strings."
Supportive business leaders in attendance represented the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, The National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association.
Republican mid-state legislators also endorsed the plan. State Representative Stephen Bloom says he may have used the money a little differently. "If I were in charge I might think about using it for transportation funding rather than some of the programs the Governor has suggested. But they're good ideas. They're good programs, very important. The key is getting Pennsylvania out of the business of selling liquor."
Neither the Governor nor legislative leaders were willing to suggest just when the bills will begin working their way through the General Assembly.
Corbett says he hopes it will be sooner rather than later. He says passing the bill is a win-win, because it would be getting the state out of the liquor business and providing money for better and safer schools.
Meanwhile the Governor stepped up efforts to gain support for his proposal.
It was standing-room-only support for Corbett's plan to sell the state liquor store system. Members of the legislature, school district representatives and business leaders packed the Governor's Reception Room. They were there to support a $1 billion education block grant program.
The Governor says the sale of the liquor stores will produce a one-time windfall of $1 billion dollars from the sale of liquor, wine and beer licenses.
He wants to divide it among the state's school districts over four years, calling it the passport for learning. The proceeds would offer funding for four, student-focused initiatives. They are school safety, early learning, individualized learning and science, technology, engineering and math programs.
Midstate school districts were there to support the privatization, including West Shore, Harrisburg, Lower Dauphin, Susquehanna Township, Big Spring and Cumberland Valley.
Barbara Geistwhite, a member of the Cumberland Valley School Board says it's a great step forward for education. "This opportunity to look for innovative ways to fund education is really a great step forward. I also think it's very important that we are allowed as different school districts to use these funds without a lot of strings."
Supportive business leaders in attendance represented the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, The National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association.
Republican mid-state legislators also endorsed the plan. State Representative Stephen Bloom says he may have used the money a little differently. "If I were in charge I might think about using it for transportation funding rather than some of the programs the Governor has suggested. But they're good ideas. They're good programs, very important. The key is getting Pennsylvania out of the business of selling liquor."
Neither the Governor nor legislative leaders were willing to suggest just when the bills will begin working their way through the General Assembly.
Corbett says he hopes it will be sooner rather than later. He says passing the bill is a win-win, because it would be getting the state out of the liquor business and providing money for better and safer schools.