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Tunkhannock board approves one‑year $2,000 incentive for some cyber‑charter students to return
Summary
The school board approved a one‑time, year‑long financial incentive program offering $2,000 per returning cyber‑charter student as part of a broader effort to reduce district payments to out‑of‑district cyber schools.
The Tunkhannock Area School District Board of Directors voted to approve a one‑time $2,000 grant program aimed at encouraging current cyber‑charter students to return to in‑person or district‑run cyber instruction for the remainder of the school year. The board approved the measure by roll call and directed staff to implement the outreach and report back at the November meeting.
Board members said the measure is intended to reduce the district’s high per‑pupil cyber‑charter payments and to draw public attention to statewide cyber‑charter funding practices. Under the program, families who reenroll a qualifying student for the full school year…
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