Education Budget
Summary of State Appropriations for Education
The following file contains a summary of the funding levels for
the state education appropriations included in the 2019-2020 enacted budget.
2019-2020 Summary of State
Education Appropriations (Excel)
Basic Education Funding
The 2019-2020 enacted budget includes $6,742,838,000 in the Basic
Education Funding appropriation. This amount is a $160,000,000 increase (2.6 percent)
over the 2018-2019 appropriation. In addition, the enacted 2019-2020 Basic
Education Funding appropriation includes $487,759,000 previously appropriated
as School Employees’ Social Security, which must be used for School Employees’ Social
Security payments to school districts.
New dollars after the 2014-2015 fiscal year, totaling
approximately $698,667,244 will be distributed based on the formula recommended
by the Basic Education Funding Commission and enacted by the General Assembly
in Act 35 of 2016.
2019-2020 Estimated Basic
Education Funding (Excel)
2018-2019 Final Basic Education
Funding (Excel)
Special Education Funding
The 2019-2020 enacted budget includes $1,186,815,000 for the
Special Education appropriation. This amount is a $50,000,000 increase (4.4 percent)
over the 2018-2019 appropriation.
For the Special Education Funding component, new dollars after
the 2013-2014 fiscal year, totaling approximately $149,316,500 will be
distributed based on categories of support for students with disabilities.
2019-2020 Estimated Special
Education Funding (Excel)
2018-2019 Final Special Education
Funding (Excel)
The 2019-2020 Special Education appropriation also includes funding
of approximately $89,963,000 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 and Keystone
Telepresence Education Grant.
Ready to Learn Block Grant
The 2019-2020 enacted budget includes $268,000,000 for the Ready
to Learn Block Grant. The spreadsheet contains allocations based on the distribution
of the 2018-2019 Ready to Learn Block Grant appropriation.
2019-2020 Estimated Ready to
Learn Block Grant (Excel)
Secondary Career and Technical Education Subsidy
The 2019-2020 enacted budget includes approximately $66,639,000 for
the Secondary Career and Technical Education Subsidy. This is a $7,000,000 increase
over the amount allocated in 2018-2019.
Narrative description and
proposed allocation