Board agenda for Oct. 20 set: PlanCon K reimbursement, scholarship account cleanups, St. Luke’s MOU among items

At its Oct. 13 meeting the finance committee set multiple items for the Oct. 20, 2025 Bethlehem Area School District board meeting agenda, including PlanCon K approval for the general obligation bond series A of 2025 and a set of housekeeping and contract items.

Staff reported the PlanCon K application — submitted during a May refinancing — has been approved and the state reimbursement rate remains unchanged, which preserves an existing state subsidy tied to the district’s bond financing.

Other items placed on the Oct. 20 agenda include: consolidation and closure of inactive scholarship accounts (staff estimated roughly $450 in the Freedom account and about $80 in the Liberty account); a no‑cost community health navigation support agreement with St. Luke’s Health Network to replace prior mobile vision‑type services; an amendment to the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 service contract to add two licenses (transcript lists a total cost of $13.40); renewal of Google Workspace for Education Plus (year three of a multiyear agreement); a data center network switch replacement; and an audio‑visual project for the Farmersville Elementary School multipurpose room.

Staff said these are agenda items only and will be presented to the full board on Oct. 20 for action.