The 2013-14 budget plan adds $22.5 million in funding to the basic education subsidy line over the House proposal and $32.5 million over what Governor Corbett proposed in February.

The basic education subsidy will increase by 2% to $5.526 billion. Click here to see how the additional funds are distributed across the state’s 500 school districts. Overall, the plan retains 81% of the cuts to public school classrooms enacted two years ago.

Click here for more on the state budget (Governor’s Budget Office).

Click here for 2013-14 Enacted Budget (House Bill 1437 Printer’s Number 2198)

Click here for a State Budget Fact Sheet.

Click here for the Patriot-News article.

 
Sources: The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, http://pennbpc.org/, July 1, 2013; Governor’s Budget Office, http://www.budget.state.pa.us/, July 1, 2013; and www.pennlive.com, July 1, 2013.