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​Education Budget

Summary of State Appropriations for Education

The following file contains a summary of the funding levels for the state education appropriations in the Enacted 2024-25 Fiscal Year Budget.

2024-25 Enacted Summary of State Edu​cation Appropriations​​ (Excel)

Basic Education Funding

The Enacted 2024-25 fiscal year budget includes $8,157,444,000 for the Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount is a $285,000,000 (3.62%) increase over the 2023-24 enacted fiscal year appropriation. The enacted budget includes:

  • Increase of $225,000,000 in the student-weighted distribution formula to continue sustained investment in school district basic education programs.
  • Increase of $60,000,000 to provide a hold harmless relief supplement

2024-25 Estimated Ba​sic Education Funding​ (Excel)

Ready to Learn Block Grant

The Enacted 2024-25 fiscal year budget includes $821,500,000 for the Ready to Learn Block Grant.  This amount is a $526,000,000 increase (178%) over the 2023-24  fiscal year appropriation.  The enacted budget includes:

·      $295,500,000 for Ready To Learn Block Grant Foundation
·      $526,000,000 for Adequacy and Tax Equity supplements

2024-25 Enacted Ready to Learn Block Grant (Excel)

Special Education Funding

The Enacted 2024-25 fiscal year budget includes $1,486,815,000 for the Special Education appropriation. This amount is a $100,000,000 increase (7.21%) over the 2023-24  fiscal year appropriation.

For the Special Education Funding component, new dollars after the 2013-2014 fiscal year total approximately $430,100,000.

2024-25 Estimated Special Education Funding​ (Excel)

The Enacted 2024-25 fiscal year Special Education appropriation also includes funding of approximately $109,179,178 for the following components, per Pennsylvania School Code: Special Education Contingency Fund, Core Services funding to Intermediate Units, Institutionalized Children's Program funding, special education for wards of state students, and special education for students placed out of state.

Cyber Charter Transition 

The Enacted 2024-25 fiscal year budget includes $100,000,000 for the Cyber Charter Transition appropriation to reimburse school districts for the cost of tuition paid to cyber charter schools. 

2024-25 Enacted Cyber Charter Transition (Excel)

Secondary Career and Technical Education Subsidy

The enacted 2024-25 fiscal year budget includes approximately $118,027,000 for the Secondary Career and Technical Education Subsidy.

Read the narrative description and estimated allocations.