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Sdl To Get 17% Pa. Fund Increase ; Sen. Armstrong Pushes Average 5.3 Percent Boost In Basic-Ed Funding For County Districts. Vote On Final Budget Possible Today.
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Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
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July 3, 2008
- Author:
- Robyn Meadows
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The Cinderella story in this year's state education budget is the
School District of Lancaster.
The district will receive 17 percent more money in basic-
education funding for the 2008-09 school year than it did this past
year.
That raises the Lancaster School District's state revenue for
basic education by about $6.64 million to $45,199,003.
Countywide, the 2008-09 state budget will provide a total of
$181,349,744 for basic education for the 16 public school districts -
an increase of 5.7 percent, or $11,033,399, from 2007-08.
That compares with a 5.5 increase for districts statewide.
The numbers were provided this morning by the office of state
Sen. Gib Armstrong, a Lancaster County ...