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
- $300 million in basic education
Budget Documents
2021-22 Enacted Budget
(Signd by Governor Tom Wolf, June 30, 2021)
2021-22 Enacted Budget Line Item Appropriations (PDF)
2021-22 Mid-Year Briefing (PDF)
2021-22 Governor’s Executive Budget (PDF)
2021-22 Budget In Brief (PDF)
2021-22 Proposed Budget Line-Item Appropriation (PDF)
Budget News
Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa Votes for PA Budget, Highlights Timeliness and Major Education Investments
Harrisburg, Pa. – June 25, 2021 – Pennsylvania State Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa today voted in support of the state budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22. The final budget package included bipartisan and bicameral compromises, but Senator Costa highlighted several...
Sens. Costa, Hughes Respond to Gov. Wolf’s 2021-22 Budget Proposal
HARRISBURG — February 3, 2021 — Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and Democratic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) jointly responded to Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2021-22 Budget Address with a...
Budget Videos
2021-22 Budget Hearings
Budget Address
Watch Gov. Tom Wolf deliver his 2021-22 budget address.