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Local School Districts Awarded $475,000 in State Grant Funding

April 30, 2025

HARRISBURG – Rep. Josh Bashline (R-Clarion/Armstrong) announced two school districts are receiving a combined $475,000 in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s PAsmart Advancing Grants for Career and Technical Education (CTE) program. It is designed to expand access to computer science and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education across the Commonwealth.

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More than $214,000 Allocated to Local Learning Center, Says Bashline

January 16, 2025

HARRISBURG – Rep. Josh Bashline (R-Clarion/Armstrong) announced today the School Safety and Security Committee awarded $214,873 in Building Opportunity Through Out-of-School Time (BOOST) Grant funding to Keystone SMILES Community Learning Center in Knox. The goal is to amplify and expand afterschool and summer programming for at-risk students in Clarion, Venango and Mercer counties, while resuming services in Jefferson County.

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