Brian W. Campbell, Director of the Bureau of Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction released a memo to LEAs titled  2019 Standards Aligned System Institute: Bridging the Skills Gap…A Pathway to Employability. According to the memo, PDE’s 2019 SAS Institute, Bridging the Skills Gap…A Pathway to Employability, will be held December 8-10, 2019, with optional half-day sessions on December 11th. An Act 45 program will commence on Sunday afternoon. The location is the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center.  A draft agenda is available for review.  The planning committee is accepting proposals for presentations. Registration will open October 1, 2019 and may be accessed at the Northwest Tri-County website. Questions may be directed to [email protected] or [email protected].