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Legislative Update
LATEST NEWS
GOVERNOR SIGNS 2010-2011 STATE BUDGET
Governor Rendell signed into law the state budget (House Bill 2279) on July 6, 2010 at Elmwood Elementary School in Mechanicsburg, PA. The $28.04 billion budget represents a .7% increase in spending from 2009-2010 after accounting for the use of nearly $2.7 billion in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in 2009-10 and $2.8 billion in 2010-11. The budget includes some deep program cuts and a few one-time transfers of money from individual funds. It does not include revenue from four proposed but not approved revenue sources that were part of this year’s budget debate – a tax on cigars, a tax on smokeless tobacco, ending the discount for businesses that remit sales tax receipts on time, and revenue from closing the Delaware loophole for corporations. When the budget was enacted (and currently), the U.S. Congress still had not taken action on approving $850 million of enhanced federal support for Medical Assistance programs (FMAP) which was assumed as revenue to balance the budget. If Congress does not approve this funding, the Governor will need to make further spending reductions to balance the state budget.
Budget Resources
Summary of State Appropriations for Education
Act 1A (House Bill 2279): 2010-2011 State Budget
Act 46 of 2010 (Senate Bill 1042): Fiscal Code bill that includes some provisions related to education
2010-2011 Enacted Budget Facts
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PA School Funding Campaign Testimony
House Education Committee
Topic: Basic Education Funding (House Bill 1493)
May 26, 2009
Click here to read the Campaign's testimony.
House Appropriations Committee
Topic: Senate Budget Proposal (Senate Bill 850)
May 21-22, 2009
Click here for testimony provided by PSEA, PASBO, and PSBA.
Click here for testimony presented by representatives of rural schools and urban schools.
House Education Committee
Topic: Special Education Funding (House Bill 704)
May 6, 2009
Click here to read the Campaign's testimony.
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