The bill would apply to school districts, career and technical centers, charter schools and intermediate units.
The state is hoping to address the shortage by appealing to people with commercial driver’s licenses looking for work or seeking to supplement their income.
Warren County is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases with the school year beginning this month. Close to 20% of new cases so far in September are among students in Warren County School District, where hundreds have been in quarantine.
Wolf and Secretary of Education Noe Ortega said they have seen mostly “good behavior” and compliance with the mask mandate from districts and parents across the state.
In many rural areas of the state, districts spent the last 24 hours responding to parent complaints about Wolf’s order.
In Pennsylvania, the largest cities collected the most in federal pandemic relief money, with the 130,000-student Philadelphia public schools receiving nearly $1.8 billion, or 10 times more than any other district.
Few school districts are requiring masks inside classrooms, something the Democratic governor said it needed to ensure safety.
