2013-14 PA Budget Proposal

Here is the rundown of the governor's proposal in several key areas:

Early Learning & Child Care

• Increases funding for Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts by $4.5 million – a 5.4 percent increase – and the Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program (HSSAP) by $1.9 million – or 5.1.
• Increases child care funding by $7.1 million to serve an additional 1,400 children on the child care subsidy waiting list.
• Increases funding for Early Intervention.
• Maintains the same level of funding for Nurse Family-Partnerships.                                         

K-12 Education

• Increases basic education funding by $90 million over the amount budgeted for fiscal 2012-13, bringing basic education funding to nearly $5.5 billion.
• Provides $100 million for the state’s Accountability Block Grant program – the same amount budgeted in fiscal 2012-13 – to support programs like full-day kindergarten. 

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