Source: US State of Pennsylvania
March 03, 2025 – Bethlehem Township, PA
ADVISORY – NORTHAMPTON COUNTY – Governor Shapiro to Visit Farmersville Elementary School, Highlight Efforts to Solve Education Workforce Challenges and Put More Teachers in Our Classrooms
Governor Josh Shapiro will visit Farmersville Elementary to meet with students, teachers, school administrators and legislators to highlight the investments his 2025-26 budget proposal would make in Pennsylvania schools – including efforts to address Pennsylvania’s teacher shortage and strengthen the educator pipeline by doubling funding for student teacher stipends from $20 million to $40 million to support aspiring educators.
In 2023, Governor Shapiro signed a law creating the Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program, which provides stipends to eligible student teachers in Pennsylvania to ensure student teachers are compensated for their hard work. More than 2,000 student teachers have been granted or will soon receive stipends, lowering barriers to entry to the teaching profession.
WHO:
Governor Josh Shapiro
Senator Lisa Boscola
Senator Nick Miller
Representative Peter Schweyer
Dr. Jack Silva, Bethlehem Area School District Superintendent
Nathan Hench, PHEAA Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Guaranty, and Strategy
Jeff Ney, PSEA Vice President
Giavanna DeMarco, student teacher
WHEN:
TOMORROW, Monday, March 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
WHERE:
Farmersville Elementary
7036 William Penn Highway
Bethlehem Township, PA 18045
LIVE STREAM:
pacast.com/live/gov
governor.pa.gov/live/
RSVP:
Press who are interested in attending must RSVP with the names and phone numbers for each member of their team to ra-gvgovpress@pa.gov.
**All press must provide ID at the front entrance of the school.