Ready to Learn Block Grant: A total of $295.5 million is included for the program.Ĭareer and Technical Education: Funding for career and technical education is increased by $14 million for a total of $119 million. Special Education Funding (SEF): The budget boosts funding for special education by $50 million, a 3.7% increase, for a total of $1.38 billion. However, legislation is needed to specifically state how those funds will be disbursed. Level-Up Supplement: The budget provides $100 million for supplemental funding to 100 school districts. (Social Security has been separated out and has its own line item.) Top Level Highlights of the Enacted Budgetīasic Education Funding (BEF) Subsidy: The BEF subsidy received an overall increase of $567 million for a total of $7.87 billion. It is important to note that your advocacy helped to increase the amount of funds going to school districts in Pennsylvania. The Senate is expected to return to Harrisburg on August 30 and the House is scheduled to reconvene on September 26. Those programs related to education spending include the Level Up supplements, federal ARPA funding for school mental health grants, and funds for a new stipend program for student teachers. Those funds will not be distributed without other legislation that creates the program and tells how those funds are to be spent. The state is expected to begin payments to schools for basic and special education subsidies that are due, funds for other education initiatives are still on hold until the code bills are finalized. Work on the state budget is not complete without enactment of companion legislation, commonly referred to as “code bills” such as the Fiscal Code which provide for the distribution of funds. The inclusion of the appropriation was a point of contention between Republicans who support the program and Democrats who oppose it, which lead to the stalemate. Before he signed the bill, the governor used his authority to veto a $100 million line item appropriation for a tuition voucher program for private and religious schools called the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success Scholarship (PASS). Governor Josh Shapiro signed the budget into law, which enables the state to begin making payments to school districts and other entities. The 2023-2024 Pennsylvania budget was enacted after an over month long impasse.
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