On September 8, 2015, 193 teachers walked off the job in the Shamonkin Area School District. The length of the strike was not announced. The Shamokin Area School Board has made multiple offers to the union which have all been rejected by the union negotiating team. Teachers were ordered back to work after 12 days of striking by Northumberland County President Judge William Harvey Wiest. State law mandates a 180-day school year be completed by June 30, limiting the number of days a teachers union can strike. In accordance with state law, the school board and teachers union must submit to mandatory non-binding final best offer arbitration which could months to be completed. In September 2015, Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor ordered teachers back to work effective September 24, 2015. In January 2016, the teachers went on strike again and were ordered back to work effective February 5, 2016.