WOZNIAK ANNOUNCES OVER $1.75 MILLION IN LOCAL SCHOOL GRANTS HARRISBURG, September 4, 2007 - State Sen. John Wozniak today announced more than $1.75 million in grants for local school districts under Pennsylvania’s Classrooms for the Future program. Pennsylvania’s Classrooms for the Future program is a three-year investment to provide laptop computers, high-speed Internet access and state-of-the-art software to high school classrooms across the state. There are now 358 participating high schools in the Classrooms for the Future initiative. “I am ecstatic that the state has dedicated this extraordinary amount of money to high schools in our area,” Wozniak said. “This funding will further the educational possibilities in all of the schools that were recipients.” The following is a list of recipients in Wozniak’s district and the amount of funding received: Cambria County Blacklick Valley School District $72,372 Cambria Heights School District $168,262 Central Cambria School District $157,777 Conemaugh Valley School District $116,407 Ferndale Area School District $99,141 Richland School District $215,205 Westmont Hilltop School District $101,049 Clinton County Keystone Central School District $475,930 Clearfield County Moshannon Valley School District $64,529 West Branch Area School District $154,902 Somerset County Windber Area School District $133,485 Wozniak strongly supported the increased investment in education contained in the 2007-08 budget. The budget allocates $90 million to provide the high schools with 83,000 laptop computers and related equipment. It also invests $11 million in high-quality professional development for 12,100 teachers in new Classrooms for the Future high schools. That money, coupled with $2 million in federal funds, will enable each Classrooms for the Future high school to receive $30,000 for staff development. The technology funded by the grant will be used in math, science, English and social studies classes to broaden the learning possibilities for Pennsylvania students. “Advancing the education of Pennsylvania students has always been one of my top priorities,” Wozniak said. “This is another step towards making Pennsylvania a national leader in high school educations.”