An unprecedented $1 billion in funding cuts to public school classrooms would reverse years of significant academic gains, forcing school districts to increase property taxes and eliminate programs that work in order to balance their budgets.
Overview of Gov. Corbett's Cuts to Education
$1 Billion in Cuts to Our Classrooms. The Governor’s proposed budget would cut more than $1 billion in
funding for our classrooms. No matter how you look at it, the reality is that these cuts will have
consequences. They will impact our students, our members, and local property taxpayers.
Key cuts include:
o Basic Education Subsidy. $550 million cut from FY 2010‐2011.
o Accountability Block Grants. $260 million cut from FY 2010‐2011, totally eliminating the program.
o School District Reimbursement for Charter School Costs. $224 million cut from FY 2010‐2011, totally
eliminating the program.
Governor-Corbett's 2011-12-budget-proposal
The state budget proposed by Governor Tom Corbett for the 2011-12 Fiscal Year makes deep cuts to education and higher education, as well as across-the-board cuts to most services and departments.
At $27.3 billion, the budget is 3.1%, or $866 million, less than the available 2010-11 budget. It proposes to cut 1,550 public employee positions.
HARRISBURG -- Making good on his promise not to raise taxes, Gov. Tom Corbett this morning released a $27.3 billion budget, slashing $866 million out of current spending through cuts in virtually every spending area.
The cuts bring spending back to 2008-09 levels.
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