On the heels of an embarrassing budget impasse last year, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives today approved the proposed 2010-11 state budget 100 days ahead of the June 30 deadline, and more than two months earlier than that same body sent the budget to Senate colleagues a year ago.
The $29 billion spending plan goes to the state Senate, but that body is unlikely to take any action until May. A few months ago, PSBA was encouraged by the Governor’s budget proposal.
“Governor Rendell realizes that even in a bad economy, we cannot afford to underfund the education of our children,” said PSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel… “This budget treats education as it should be — an investment in the future of our children and the future of our state,” he added. The governor’s budget proposal would expend $5.8 billion on the Basic Education Subsidy, the largest line item in the education budget and one of the largest line items in the entire budget. This represents a $354 million, or 7.28% increase over the current state budget. This budget marks the third year of the governor’s commitment to a six-year plan to provide adequate resources for the state’s funding formula for public schools.
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