State Basic Education Funding
In 2011-12, the district received a $21,118,631, allocation, of state Basic Education Funding. Additionally, the School District received $455,248 in Accountability Block Grant funding. The enacted Pennsylvania state Education budget includes $5,354,629,000 for the 2011-2012 Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount is a $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) over the enacted State appropriation for 2010-2011. The highest increase in state basic education funding was awarded to In 2010, the district reported that 1,870 students received free or reduced price lunches, due to the family meeting the federal poverty level.
In the 2010-2011 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 2% increase in Basic Education Funding for a total of $22,736,142. Among the districts in Monroe County, the highest increase went to East Stroudsburg Area School District which got a 7.50% increase in state funding. One hundred fifty Pennsylvania school districts received the base 2% increase. The highest increase in 2010-11 went to Kennett Consolidated School District in Chester County which received a 23.65% increase in state funding. The state's hold harmless policy regarding state basic education funding continued where a district received at least the same amount as the year before, even where enrollment had significantly declined. The amount of increase each school district receives was set by Governor Edward G. Rendell and then Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak, as a part of the state budget proposal given each February. This was the second year of the Governors policy to fund some districts at a far greater rate than others.
In the 2009-2010 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 5.56% increase in Basic Education Funding for a total of $22,295,357. Among the districts in Monroe County, the highest increase went to Stroudsburg Area School District which got a 6.34%. The state Basic Education Funding to the district in 2008-09 was $21,123,735.70. Ninety school districts received a 2% increase. Muhlenberg School District in Berks County received a 22.31% increase in state basic education funding in 2009. The amount of increase each school district receives was set by the Governor and the Secretary of Education, as a part of the state budget proposal. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1,605 district students received free or reduced lunches due to low family income in the 2007–2008 school year.
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