2024-25 State Budget

2024-25 State Budget Passes

BUDGET WINS

  • No new taxes
  • Over $35M increase for PASSHE schools
  • Over a $1B increase for Pre-K to 12 education funding
  • Over $140M for grants grants, scholarships, and other programs that will make higher education more affordable in Pennsylvania
  • NEW $3M investment to provide menstrual products in schools to address period poverty
  • $70M for affordable housing through the PHARE Housing Program
  • $20M for student teacher stipends
  • Over $550M in economic development programs through the Department of Community and Economic Development
  • Millions for new programs that support economic opportunities and new jobs – PA SITES, Main Street Matters, Agricultural Innovation Development
  • $16.5M increase for anti-violence investments in community and after-school programs to deploy effective, grass-root intervention strategies
  • $75M for skilled nursing facilities over base investments to ensure staffing requirements are met and services maintained
  • Over $25M to support state parks, forests, and protect the environment
No Tax Increase
$20M for student teacher stipends
Millions for new programs that support economic opportunities and new jobs - PA SITES, Main Street Matters, Agricultural Innovation Development
Over $35M Increase for PASSHE schools
$75M for skilled nursing facilities over base investments to ensure staffing requirements are<br /> met and services maintained
Over $550M in economic development programs through the Department of Community and Economic Development
Over $140M for grants, scholarships and other programs that will make higher education more affordable in PA
Over $25M to support state parks, forests, and protect the environment
NEW $3M investment to provide menstrual products in schools to address period poverty
$70M for affordable housing through the PHARE Housing Program
$16.5M increase for anti-violence investments in community and after-school programs to deploy effective, grass-root intervention strategies
2024-25 State Budget Wins

2024-25 Budget Hearings

Telephone Town Hall - 2024-25 State Budget Address

2024-25 State Budget Address

February 6, 2024

Budget Address

On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, Governor Shapiro delivered his 2024-25 budget address, presenting his plan for the fiscal year.

Proposed Budget Highlights

Education

  • $1.4B to fix Pennsylvania’s unconstitutional and inadequate education funding system
  • Over $1B for basic education funding
  • Over $38M to support teachers and address our teacher shortage pipeline
  • Basic education investment meets the first‐year recommendation on of the Basic Education Funding Commission
  • Over $480M to improve student health and wellness, fix toxic schools, and create safe learning environments
  • $50M increase in special education funding
  • $32.7M increase for Pre‐K programs
  • $161.7M for school safety and security
  • Cyber charter school funding reform

Housing and Food Insecurity

  • $95M for affordable housing
  • $50M for Democrat led Whole Home Repairs program
  • Over $42M to address food insecurity

Economy

  • $20M for our farmers, agriculture, and dairy industry
  • Over $600M in new and expanded investments to support business development and economic opportunity
  • Millions to ease the cost of childcare for working families and childcare providers
  • A plan to legalize marijuana o Es mated that this would generate $14.8M in tax revenue in FY 24‐25
  • A plan to increase the minimum wage to $15

Health Care

  • $4M in new funding for medical debt relief for low‐income Pennsylvanians
  • Over $45M for mental health
  • Over $150M to protect older Pennsylvanians

Women’s Health

  • $3M to provide feminine hygiene products at no cost to students in schools

Public Safety and Criminal Justice

  • Over $100M to end gun violence in Pennsylvania with prevention and intervention on strategies
    • Pennsylvania’s Violence Intervention on and Prevention on started in 2018 with $7.5M in funding. Senate Democrats led the fight for more funding to address the urgent need for solutions to end gun violence.
  • $5.6M to protect Pennsylvanians from hate crimes
  • $10M for Pennsylvania’s public defenders 

Additional Investments

  • Over $40M to support a clean and healthy environment for current and future generations
  • $2M to establish a veteran outreach program
  • $5.7M for election on security and voter education and outreach
Investing in Every Pennsylvanian - Total Budget Proposal $48.3 Billion
2024-25 PA Budget: Investing in Every Pennsylvanian - The budget prioritizes: Education, Housing & Food Security, Economy & Jobs, Health Care, Women's Rights, Community Safety, Environmental Justice
2024-25 PA Budget: Investing in Every Pennsylvanian -Education
2024-25 PA Budget: Investing in Every Pennsylvanian -Housing & Food Security
2024-25 PA Budget: Investing in Every Pennsylvanian -Economy & Jobs
2024-25 PA Budget: Investing in Every Pennsylvanian -Health Care
2024-25 PA Budget: Investing in Every Pennsylvanian -Women's Rights, Health & Safety
2024-25 PA Budget: Investing in Every Pennsylvanian -Community Safety
2024-25 PA Budget: Investing in Every Pennsylvanian -Environmental Justice

Joint Democratic House and Senate Budget Response Press Conference

February 6, 2024

Budget News