District asks 30 day extension on teachers contract request
New Castle Area School District seeks a 30 day extension to respond to a Right To Know request for a proposed teachers contract. Superintendent Debbie DeBlasio cites a need for legal review to determine if the record is subject to access. The June 21 school board meeting ended in a 4 to 4 vote on the six year pact with the teachers' union.
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New Castle
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Pat Amabile
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Norman Moses
Charles Sapienza
Senate sends COVID bills to Wolf as veto threat looms
The Pennsylvania Senate approved two COVID driven measures, one letting students repeat a prior grade and another banning vaccine passports while curbing the health secretary's powers. Governor Wolf, who opposes vaccine mandates and warns he will veto, argues limits threaten public health. Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill defended action, noting past pandemic lessons about unchecked authority.
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Cathedral ends bid for property tax exemption in New Castle
The Scottish Rite Cathedral Foundation will seek a lower assessment for the 96 year old building in New Castle's North Hill after a 2019 denial of tax exemption. A court hearing was halted when Judge Cox remanded the case to the county appeals board to reconsider, a move not guaranteeing relief.
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Ridge discharged from hospital and begins rehab in DC
Tom Ridge, 75, former Pennsylvania governor and first Homeland Security secretary, was discharged from a Bethesda Maryland hospital after a June 16 stroke and transferred to a Washington DC rehabilitation facility. His family released a statement thanking well-wishers and noting his humor and determination as he starts therapy.
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Aid for schools and overtime rule traded in budget deal
In Harrisburg, Gov. Wolf struck a budget deal with Republicans offering $100 million to Pennsylvania’s poorest school districts in exchange for repealing a 2019 regulation that expanded overtime eligibility. The plan totals $300 million for education, with Philadelphia set to receive $39.5 million and Reading and Allentown about $6.5 million each.
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