2021-22 State Budget

Budget Highlights

  • $30 million for gun violence prevention through community programs, managed by PCCD
  • $3 million for food purchase program within Department of Agriculture
  • Major education investments
    • $300 million in basic education
      • $200 million to be funded through the Fair Funding Formula
      • $100 million for Level Up to provide funding for schools that have been historically inadequately funded, including the school districts of Scranton, Reading, Northampton, and Philadelphia
    • $20 million for Ready to Learn block grants
    • $25 million for Pre K Counts
    • $5 million for Headstart
    • $50 million for special education
    • $11 million for early intervention
    • $200 million for PASSHE, over 4 annual installments of $50 million, including the Diversity, Education & Inclusion program proposed by the PA Senate Democrats
2021-22 State Budget
2021-22 State Budget
2021-22 State Budget
2021-22 State Budget Highlighta

2021-22 Budget Hearings

Budget Address

Watch Gov. Tom Wolf deliver his 2021-22 budget address.

Budget News

Senator Haywood Responds to Governor Wolf’s Budget

Senator Haywood Responds to Governor Wolf’s Budget

Philadelphia – February 4, 2021 – State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) released the following statement on Governor Wolf’s 2021-22 budget: “Our Commonwealth is facing difficult times. The COVID-19 pandemic has crushed families and businesses in...

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Senator Comitta Responds to Governor’s Budget Address

Senator Comitta Responds to Governor’s Budget Address

February 3, 2021 − State Senator Carolyn Comitta released the following statement in response to the governor's 2021-22 budget address: “I support the goals of the governor’s proposal, including important investments in education, local government, COVID-19 response,...

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Blake: Budget Prioritizes Fair Education Funding

Blake: Budget Prioritizes Fair Education Funding

SCRANTON, February 3, 2021 – State Sen. John Blake (D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe) today released the following statement regarding Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed $37.8 billion state budget: “As we continue to face the uncertainty and disruption caused by the COVID-19...

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Budget Videos

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