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Headline Harrisburg
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Friday, November 8, 2019
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The latest news from the State Capitol |
This email includes:
- New Law Supports #GoodJobs4PA
- Elk County Alert
- Thank You For Your Service
- Thanking Our Veterans
- Grant Program to Boost Agriculture Industry’s Future
- Driver License, Photo Centers Closed for Veterans Day
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New Law Supports #GoodJobs4PA
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Following through on our commitment
to improve career and technical education (CTE) through our #GoodJobs4PA
legislative package, a new state law will make the most significant
reforms to our CTE laws in more than three decades.
Act 76 of 2019,
which was signed into law last week, will help ensure our students are
better prepared for success in the workforce while at the same time
attracting employers and economic development to the Commonwealth.
To ensure students are well informed
about their choices, the law expands an online database of articulation
agreements so students know what courses may transfer between higher
education institutions and requires schools to give equal opportunity to
both college and career presenters at career fairs. The measure also
requires the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board, with assistance
from the Department of Education, to conduct a survey to determine the
number and types of workforce development programs offered at secondary
and postsecondary institutions.
To support CTE programs financially,
Act 76 sets into law guidelines for CTE equipment grants and
establishes the Schools-to-Work Program within the Department of Labor
and Industry to provide grants to pre-apprenticeship programs for the
purpose of establishing or enhancing workforce development partnerships
between schools, employers, organizations or associations to create
employment and training pathways.
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Elk County Alert
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This Wednesday, Nov. 13,
West Penn Power will be instituting a planned power interruption
between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. in Benezette Township and the Cameron
County municipalities of Driftwood, Gibson Township and Grove Township.
This event is necessary to make
much-needed repairs and will affect approximately 977 commercial and
residential customers, each of whom will be notified via a phone
message. No action is required on your behalf.
If you have any questions or need to
update your account phone number, please call customer service at
1-800-686-0021.
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Thank You For Your Service
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Congratulations to Patrolmen Zachary
Cowan and Elliott Neeper of the Lawrence Township Police Department and
State Trooper Brian Elensky Sr. of Troop C on being recognized as “Top
Guns” at the recent PA DUI Association’s annual meeting.
They are among more than 70 officers
to be recognized statewide for having shown “a demonstrated commitment
to DUI enforcement.”
DUI Top Gun Award winners are
evaluated by a statistical method that considers factors that include
department size, total DUI arrests made by the department, hours worked
by the officer and number of DUI arrests made by the officer.
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Thanking Our Veterans
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Throughout the nation this weekend,
communities will mark Veterans Day with a variety of parades, ceremonies
and dedications.
Veterans Day, originally known as
Armistice Day, first marked the one-year anniversary of the end of World
War I, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and sought to
honor the veterans of the World War – the only world war to have
occurred at that time. Armistice Day was declared a national holiday in
1938 to acknowledge world peace, and then renamed Veterans Day in 1954
to celebrate the contributions of veterans of all wars.
For more about the history of Veterans Day, click here.
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Grant Program to Boost Agriculture Industry’s Future
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A grant program aimed at securing
the future of the state’s agriculture industry is now accepting
applications.
The Ag and Youth Grant Program, created by the General Assembly under Act 40 of 2019,
provides direct and matching grants to help fund eligible projects,
programs and equipment purchases conducted or made by organizations
composed mainly of youth and organized to promote development in
agriculture, community leadership, vocational training and peer
fellowship.
Eligible projects include education
or workforce development seminars or field trips; agricultural safety
training programs; and capital projects or equipment purchases.
The deadline to apply is Nov. 29. Click here for additional information.
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Driver License, Photo Centers Closed for Veterans Day
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PennDOT’s full-service center in
Harrisburg and all of its driver license and photo centers will be
closed for Veterans Day this Saturday, Nov. 9, through Monday, Nov. 11.
Customers may still obtain a variety
of driver and vehicle products and services, including all forms,
publications and driver training manuals, online through PennDOT’s
Driver and Vehicle Services website,
www.dmv.pa.gov.
Driver and vehicle online services
are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and include driver’s
license, photo ID and vehicle registration renewals; driver-history
services; changes of address; driver license and vehicle registration
restoration letters; ability to pay driver license or vehicle insurance
restoration fee; driver license and photo ID duplicates; and driver exam
scheduling. No additional fees are charged for using online services.