Education
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Bellefonte Educators Union, School District Reach Tentative Contract Agreement to Avert Strike
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Bellefonte Area School District and the union representing 230 of its teachers and staff reached a tentative contract agreement on Saturday, narrowly averting a labor strike that was scheduled to begin on Monday. Details of the four-year contract were not immediately disclosed, but the Bellefonte Area Education Association and school district said the union had…
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Bellefonte School District Officials Share Details of Contract Proposals as Teacher and Staff Strike Looms
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With a potential strike days away, Bellefonte Area School District officials on Tuesday shared publicly for the first time details of the contract proposals for its unionized teachers and staff. The Bellefonte Area Education Association, which includes about 230 employees, is scheduled to go on strike Monday, Oct. 12, if a deal isn’t reached, and…
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SCASD Revenues, Expenses Outperformed Budget for 2025-26
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State College Area School District got some good news as it prepares to close out the books for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Total revenue for the year was $4.175 million higher than budgeted, while total expenses came in $4.5 million under budget, district administrators said in a review of unaudited final results at Monday night’s…
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Bellefonte Teachers and Staff Union Still Headed Toward Strike After Latest Round of Negotiations
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Updated 3:30 p.m. Oct. 6 Bellefonte Area School District officials and the union representing 230 teachers and staff concluded their latest round of negotiations on Monday without a new contract agreement, a week before a strike is scheduled to begin. “Despite attempts to make progress toward an agreement, no agreements were reached,” the Bellefonte Area…
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Great PA News Quiz: House Passes Big Election Bill, and a Historic Higher Ed Donation
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In this quiz: A former campaign treasurer pleads guilty to wire fraud, a data center developer offers $10,000 to residents and a Philly-set movie turns 50.
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Pa. Election 2026: Where Garrity, Shapiro Stand on Public School Funding, Vouchers and Other Education Issues
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Democrat Josh Shapiro has signed budgets sending nearly $2 billion more to Pennsylvania’s poorest schools. Republican Stacy Garrity wants to reexamine that spending.
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Penn State Climbs in Latest Times Higher Education Global Rankings
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Penn State climbed seven spots to No. 101 worldwide in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, released on Tuesday. The ranking places Penn State in the top 5% of the 2,297 universities included this year. The university also ranked No. 18 among U.S. public universities and No. 38 among all U.S. universities. Penn…
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Bellefonte School District Officials, Union Discuss Negotiations and Next Steps as Potential Strike Looms
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Updated 4:57 p.m. Sept. 17, 2026. Bellefonte Area School District officials on Tuesday spoke about contract negotiations to date and the road ahead, a day after unionized teachers and staff authorized a potential strike for mid-October. School board president Jon Guizar and district solicitor Carl Beard offered an accounting of the bargaining sessions to date…
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Bellefonte Teachers and Staff Union Votes in Favor of Strike Authorization if Contract Agreement Isn’t Reached
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Unionized teachers and staff in the Bellefonte Area School District on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike if contract negotiations continue to falter. About 94% of the Bellefonte Area Education Association’s 230 members participated in the vote, with 99.5% of those voting yes on strike authorization, according to a release from the…
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Bellefonte Area Teachers and Staff Union to Vote on Strike Authorization
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Updated 10:29 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, with comment from PSEA’s Connor LewisUpdated 8:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, with comment from Bellefonte Area School Board President Jon Guizar. Approximately 230 Bellefonte Area teachers and staff will vote Monday on whether to authorize a strike if necessary amid lagging negotiations with the district over a new contract.…