State basic education funding Hanover Public School District

1 state basic education funding

1.1 accountability block grants
1.2 classrooms future grants
1.3 other grants

state basic education funding

for 2012-13 school year, hanover public school district received $2,461,455. governor s executive budget 2012-2013 included $9.34 billion kindergarten through 12th grade public education, including $5.4 billion in basic education funding, increase of $49 million on 2011-12 budget. in addition, commonwealth provided $100 million accountability block grant program. hanover public school district received $72,846. state provided $544.4 million payment school employees’ social security , $856 million school employees’ retirement fund called psers.

in 2011-12, hanover public school district received $2,387,645, allocation, of state basic education funding. additionally, hanover public school district received $72,846 in accountability block grant funding. enacted pennsylvania state education budget included $5,354,629,000 2011-2012 basic education funding appropriation. amount $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) on enacted state appropriation 2010-2011. highest increase in state basic education funding awarded duquesne city school district, got 49% increase in state funding 2011-12. in 2010, district reported 690 students received free or reduced-price lunches, due family meeting federal poverty level.

for 2010-11 budget year, hanover public school district allotted 8.39% increase in basic education funding total of $2,597,963. highest increase among york county school districts. among pennsylvania school districts, highest increase in 2010-11 went kennett consolidated school district in chester county received 23.65% increase in state basic education funding. state s hold harmless policy regarding state basic education funding continued each district received @ least same amount received prior school year, when enrollment had declined. amount of increase each school district received set governor edward rendell , secretary of education gerald zahorchak part of state budget proposal given each february. second year of governor rendell’s policy fund districts @ far greater rate others.

in 2009-2010 budget year, commonwealth of pennsylvania provided 5.75% increase in basic education funding total of $2,396,865 hanover public school district. district received supplemental funding english language learners, title 1 federal funding low-income students, district size, poverty supplement commonwealth , more. central york school district allotted highest basic education funding increase in york county 2009-10 school year. in york county, 12 school districts received less 6% increase in state basic education funding in 2010 , 3 districts received base 2% increase. among 500 school districts in pennsylvania, muhlenberg school district in berks county received highest 22.31% increase in funding.

the state basic education funding hanover public school district in 2008-09 $2,266,646. according pennsylvania department of education, 572 students received free or reduced-price lunches due low family income in 2007-2008 school year.

accountability block grants

beginning in 2004-2005, state launched accountability block grant school funding. program has provided $1.5 billion pennsylvania’s school districts. accountability block grant program requires taxpayer dollars focused on specific interventions increase student academic achievement. these interventions include: teacher training, all-day kindergarten, lower class size k-3rd grade, literacy , math coaching programs provide teachers individualized job-embedded professional development improve instruction, before or after school tutoring assistance struggling students. 2010-11, hanover public school district applied , received $197,722 in addition other state , federal funding. hanover public school district uses funding provide teacher training improve instruction , provide full-day kindergarten 29 pupils identified benefiting added intervention, based on testing during registration.

classrooms future grants

the classroom future state program provided districts hundreds of thousands of state funding buy laptop computers each core curriculum high school class (english, science, history, math) , paid teacher training optimize computers use. program funded 2006-2009. hanover public school district did not apply participate in 2006-07 or in 2007-08. district received $78,545 in 2008-09. in york county highest award given west shore school district received $1,023,131. highest funding statewide awarded philadelphia city school district in philadelphia county - $9,409,073. in 2010, classrooms future funding curtailed statewide due massive state financial crisis.

other grants

the district did not participate in: pennsylvania department of environmental protection s environmental education grants, pa science elementary grants, education assistance grants, 2012 striving readers comprehensive literacy grant, nor 21st century learning grants.