State basic education funding Hanover Area School District

1 state basic education funding

1.1 accountability block grants
1.2 education assistance grant
1.3 classrooms future grant

state basic education funding

for 2010-11 school year, state basic education funding hanover area school district increased 2.66% total of $7,468,682. highest increase in luzerne county awarded hazleton area school district @ 12,61%. sixteen pennsylvania school districts received increase on 10%. 1 hundred fifty pennsylvania school districts received base 2% increase. among pennsylvania school districts, highest increase in 2010-11 went kennett consolidated school district in chester county received 23.65% increase in state funding. amount of increase each school district receives determined governor , secretary of education through allocation set in state budget proposal made in february each year.

for 2009-2010 budget year commonwealth of pennsylvania provided 8.37% increase in basic education funding hanover area school district total of $7,275,177. state basic education funding district in 2008-09 $6,713,359.84. highest increase in bef school districts in luzerne county awarded hazleton area school district @ 13.36% increase. highest increase in pennsylvania went muhlenberg school district of berks county received increase of 22.31 percent. sixteen school districts received increase in funding of on 10 percent in 2009.

in 2009, district reported 1,079 students eligible federal free or reduced-price lunch due low family income.

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 area school district applied , received $354,556 in addition other state , federal funding. district used funding provide all-day kindergarten seventh year.

education assistance grant

the state s eap funding provides continuing support of tutoring services , other programs address academic needs of eligible students. funds available eligible school districts , full-time career , technology centers (ctc) in 1 or more schools have failed meet @ least 1 academic performance target, provided in section 1512-c of pennsylvania public school code. in 2010-11 hanover area school district received $49,432.

classrooms future grant

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 area school district did not apply funding in 2006-07. in 2007-08, received $106,608. district received $45,413 in 2008-09 total funding of $152,021.