Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit #16 (CSIU), located in the Milton Industrial Park,

Milton, Pennsylvania Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, north of Harrisburg, located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. It is approximately 10 miles upriver from the mouth ...

, was created by the

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in 1971 as one of 29

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s in the commonwealth.

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s serve a given geographic area's educational needs and function as a step of organization above that of a public

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, but below that of the

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. The state's goal is for IU's to meet student and community needs in a cost-effective manner by providing services best offered on a regional basis such as special education, technical education, services to public and nonpublic schools. IN 2016-17 the CSIU16 budget is $76.7 million for programs and services and $1,073,846 General operating budget. Intermediate Units are governed by a Board of Directors, each member is also a member of a local school board from the IUs region. Board members are elected by school directors of all the region's school districts for three-year terms that begin July 1. Officers of the intermediate unit's board are selected by members of the IU board. IU board members have a separate fiduciary responsibility to the IU and are not intended to be representatives of their home districts. They are funded by school districts, state funding and federal program specific funding and grants. IUs do not have the power to tax. Annual budgets of the intermediate unit must be approved by a majority of the school boards in the districts it serves. CSIU's

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consists of

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, Montour,

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, Snyder and

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counties in central Pennsylvania, which includes 17 public

s, three

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s and more than 70 nonpublic schools. CSIU also markets a wide range of products and services to education and other public agencies throughout and outside Pennsylvania.EdNA (Education Names and Addresses), Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2009-10

Public Schools Served

Benton Area School District The Benton Area School District is a small, rural public school district in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Benton Area School District serves the boroughs of Benton and Stillwater and Benton Township, Fishing Creek Township, Jackson Townsh ...

* Berwick Area School District *

Bloomsburg Area School District The Bloomsburg Area School District is a small, suburban/rural public school district. The district is one of the 500 List of school districts in Pennsylvania, school districts of Pennsylvania. The Bloomsburg Area School District serves the Town ...

Central Columbia School District The Central Columbia School District is a small, rural, public school district that serves the Borough of Orangeville and Mifflin Township, Mount Pleasant Township, North Centre Township, Orange Township, Scott Township and South Centre To ...

* Danville Area School District *

Lewisburg Area School District The Lewisburg Area School District is a small, rural/suburban Public school (government funded), public school district in Union County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses an area of approximately . It serves the borough of Lewisburg, Pennsyl ...

* Line Mountain School District *

Midd-West School District Midd-West School District (MWSD) is a midsized, rural, public school district located in the borough of Middleburg in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Midd-West School District encompasses approximately . Midd-West School ...

Mifflinburg Area School District The Mifflinburg Area School District is a small, rural, Public school (government funded), public school district serving western Union County, Pennsylvania. Centered on the borough of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, Mifflinburg, it also serves Buffa ...

Millville Area School District Millville Area School District is a small, rural, Public school (government funded), public school district in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is centered in the borough of Millville, Pennsylvania, Millville and also serves the townships of Pi ...

Milton Area School District The Milton Area School District is a small, rural public school district headquartered in Milton, Pennsylvania. The district is located in Northumberland and Union counties. Milton Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 20 ...

Mount Carmel Area School District Mount Carmel Area School District is a small, rural, public school district in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. It serves Mount Carmel, Kulpmont, Marion Heights, and ...

* Selinsgrove Area School District * Shamokin Area School District * Shikellamy School District *

Southern Columbia Area School District Southern Columbia Area School District is a small, rural, public school district located in Catawissa, Pennsylvania. It serves communities in two counties. In Columbia County the district serves: Catawissa Borough, Catawissa Township, Locus ...

Warrior Run School District Warrior Run School District is a small, rural, public school district that covers . It spans townships in three different counties: Gregg Township in Union County, Delaware Township and Lewis Township in Northumberland County, and Anthony ...

SusQ Cyber Charter School Susq-Cyber Charter School was a small, public, cyber charter school whose headquarters were located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The school offered grades 9th through 12th. Students residing in any region of Pennsylvania were able to enroll in t ...

*Career and Technology Schools ** Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School **Northumberland Co. Career & Technology Center **

SUN Area Technical Institute SUN Area Technical Institute is a public, vocational education institution located in New Berlin, Pennsylvania. SUN Area Technical Institute (often shortened to ''SUN Tech'') provides technical education to high school students from five public ...

Non Public Schools Served

*Columbia County Christian - Bloomsburg *Gospel Christian Academy - Selinsgrove *Greenwood Friends School - Millville *Heritage Christian Academy - Berwick *Hillside Christian Academy - Mifflinburg *Holy Family Consolidated School - Berwick *Maranatha Christian School - Watsontown *Meadowbrook Christian School - Milton *Meadowview Christian Academy - Paxinos *Northumberland Christian School - Northumberland *Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School - Coal Township *Penn View Christian Academy - Penns Creek *St. Columba School - Bloomsburg *St. Cyril Preschool and Kindergarten - Danville *St. Joseph School - Danville *Sunbury Christian Academy - Northumberland *Transfiguration of Our Lord School - Shamokin *Watsontown Christian Academy - Watsontown data taken from CSIU16 Service Directory 2009–10.

CSIU 16 Services

* Educational programs for CSIU region schools and communities *

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and school improvement programs *

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and services for school districts and other public agencies * Management of Pennsylvania Trust, serving nine regional Pennsylvania trusts with 90 school employers and 30,000 staff * Pennsylvania Education Joint Purchasing Council, a consortium-buying program serving 240 members in five states, which saves schools and other public entities $6.3 million per year in purchases * PEPPM, a technology bidding and purchasing program that allows schools, libraries, government entities and non-profit agencies to save money on technology purchases * Statewide prevention and intervention initiatives *Cyber Charter School - grades 9-12th *State mandated preemployment finger printing *Gifted Education Networking Services *Education services to Incarcerated Youth *Migrant Education Support *Northumberland Area Early Head Start and Head Start federally funded preschool programs *Educator Effectiveness Project

References

External links

* {{Coord, 40.97014, -76.84991, type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-PA, display=title Intermediate Units in Pennsylvania Education in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Education in Snyder County, Pennsylvania Education in Montour County, Pennsylvania Education in Union County, Pennsylvania Education in Columbia County, Pennsylvania Susquehanna Valley