Students in the Bethlehem Area School District possibly could take online classes in the future as an alternative to cyber charter schools.

The School Board Education Committee on Monday approved an administrative plan to examine whether the district should sign up for online courses offered by a consortium of three intermediate units in eastern Pennsylvania. The consortium, which began in Luzerne County and now includes Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, started the online courses as an effort to entice students — and win back state subsidies — that follow them to cyber charter schools.

“Financially it’s a good thing for our district,” acting Superintendent Thomas Persing said.

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