Pilot School Districts
List of original 8 school districts
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Bentworth
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Blue Mountain
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Crawford Central
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Delaware Valley
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Ellwood City
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Governor Mifflin
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Millcreek Township
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Pen Argyl
Extension:
In June of 2018, Act 198 (SB 776) was introduced by Senator Robert Tomlinson(R) Bucks County was signed into law. This legislation extended the pilot for 2 additional years. Again, the same parents worked for the passage.
Only 5 of the original 8 districts continued in extension.
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Bentworth
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Delaware Valley
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Ellwood City
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Millcreek Township
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Pen Argyl
Because of changes in the Pennsylvania Department of Education leadership the pilot extension was postponed for a year and begin in September 2019.

Expansion:
In the fall of 2019, along with the start of the pilot extension (5 districts) Pennsylvania Department Education announced they were accepting application for 15 new school districts to the pilot program. However due to the overwhelmed response the PDE announced in November of 2019 they would be adding 33 additional districts with 3 different tiers of support. Some with training and funds other with just training and not additional funding.
To learn more about the types of interventions and teacher training implemented in the pilot please read the Executive Summery released by the PDE in August of 2019. Pilot Program Executive Summary here!
Guidelines:
Guidelines for original pilot link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rAu2UjsVrEaoJ45Koni_nkq-zP3FmPfc/view
Guidelines for the expansion link:

PILOT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
LEA Name Tier
Bethel Park SD Tier 1
Blairsville-Saltsburg SD Tier 1
Canon-McMillan SD Tier 1
Indiana Area SD Tier 1
Northeastern York SD Tier 1
Northgate SD Tier 1
Plum Borough SD Tier 1
Steel Valley SD Tier 1
Avella Area Tier 2
Tulpehocken Area SD Tier 2
Bangor Area SD Tier 2
Bethlehem-Center SD Tier 2
Daniel Boone Area SD Tier 2
East Allegheny SD Tier 2
Frazier SD Tier 2
Hazleton Area SD Tier 2
Lehighton Area SD Tier 2
Lewisburg Area SD Tier 2
North Bedford Tier 2
North Penn SD Tier 2
North Schuylkill SD Tier 2
Penns Manor Area SD Tier 2
Pittston Area SD Tier 2
Union City Area SD Tier 2
York Academy Regional Charter School Tier 2
York City Tier 2
Peters Township SD Tier 3
Old Forge SD Tier 3
Wattsburg Area SD Tier 3
Warren County Tier 3
Norwin SD Tier 3
York Suburban SD Tier 3
Northern Western Tier 3