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 2020-2021 fiscal year budget.
2020-21 Summary of State
Education Appropriations (Excel)
Basic Education Funding
The 2020-21 fiscal year enacted
budget includes $6,805,954,000 for the Basic Education Funding appropriation. In compliance with the 2020-21 fiscal year
Pennsylvania Public School Code, the Basic Education Funding portion is equal
to the amount appropriated in the 2019-20 fiscal year. In addition, as also
required by the Pennsylvania Public School Code, the 2020-21 fiscal year
appropriation includes $550,875,000 for the School Employees’ Social Security
portion of the appropriation, which must be used for School Employees’ Social
Security payments to school districts. The November 2020 enacted budget
increased the School Employees' Social Security amount by $63,116,000 over the
2019-20 fiscal year.
There will be no formula run for
the 2020-21 fiscal year as allocations are legislated to be identical to the
2019-20 fiscal year.
2020-21 Estimated Basic Education
Funding (Excel)
2019-20 Final Basic Education
Funding (Excel)
Special Education Funding
The 2020-21 fiscal year enacted budget includes $1,186,815,000
for the Special Education appropriation. In compliance with the 2020-21 fiscal
year Pennsylvania Public School Code, this amount is equal to the amount
appropriated in the 2019-20 fiscal year.
There will be no formula run for the 2020-21 fiscal year as
allocations are legislated to be identical to the 2019-20 fiscal year.
2020-21 Estimated Special
Education Funding (Excel)
2019-20 Final Special Education
Funding (Excel)
The 2020-21 fiscal year Special Education appropriation also
includes funding of approximately $89,679,000 for the following components:
Special Education Contingency Fund, Core Services funding to Intermediate
Units, Institutionalized Children's Program funding, special education for
wards of state students, special education for students placed out of state.
Ready to Learn Block Grant
The 2020-21 fiscal year enacted budget includes $268,000,000 for
the Ready to Learn Block Grant. The spreadsheet contains allocations based on
the distribution of the 2019-20 fiscal year Ready to Learn Block Grant
appropriation.
2020-2021 Ready to Learn Block
Grant (Excel)
Secondary Career and Technical Education Subsidy
The 2020-2021 fiscal year enacted budget includes $66,639,000
for the Secondary Career and Technical Education Subsidy.
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and estimated allocations.