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About Us > Phase-In
6-Year Phase-In of Education Funding Formula
Since February, when Governor Rendell proposed a new school funding formula to be phased in during the next six years, most discussion has been about the first year effects of his proposal on individual school districts. But the Pennsylvania School Funding Campaign’s primary goal is for the General Assembly to adopt a law this spring that implements a permanent school funding formula that is phased-in over six years with a sufficient first year down payment. The Campaign recommends four enhancements of the Governor’s proposal, two of which increase its overall cost:
- The state share of the adequacy gap in all years should be the adequacy gap multiplied by the district’s aid ratio, without regard for local tax effort.
- The transition assistance (or minimum increase) in 2008-09 should be 2.0% rather than 1.5%.
The Campaign has developed a spreadsheet showing year-by-year estimates of the six-year phase-in of the Administration’s proposed school funding formula as revised by the Campaign’s suggested enhancements.
In calculating this spreadsheet, the Campaign used the same assumptions (described on the last page of the spreadsheet) used by the Governor’s Office. While the Governor’s Office has not released a similar year-by-year analysis, it has produced estimates of six-year cumulative subsidy increases under its proposal. The last five columns of this spreadsheet compare the Governor’s plan with the Campaign’s enhancements over the full six years. The total cost difference over those six years is $526 million.
Click here to download the Spreadsheet by School District (PDF)
Click here to download the Spreadsheet by Senate District (PDF)*
* Please note, some school districts appear more than once because they are in more than one legislative district.
Click here to download the Spreadsheet by House District (PDF)*
* Please note, some school districts appear more than once because they are in more than one legislative district.
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