DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  SUMMARY OF STATE APPROPRIATIONS
FEBRUARY, 2004
     (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
2002-03 ACTUAL 2003-04 AVAIL (ENACTED MARCH, 2003) 2003-04 ENACTED DECEMBER, 2003 VARIANCE BETWEEN MARCH AND DECEMBER 2003-04 AVAILABLE 2004-05 GOVERNOR'S BUDGET VARIANCE  % INCREASE (DECREASE)  
GENERAL FUND
GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
 General Government Operations 26,674 26,219 0   26,219 25,032 (1,187) (4.53)
 Safe Schools 753 350 1,000 650 1,000 348 (652) (65.20)
 Information and Technology Improvement 7,015 5,142 0   5,142 5,249 107 2.08
 PA Assessment 20,556 20,356 0   20,356 20,356                      -                        -  
 State Library 4,251 4,165 0   4,165 4,176 11 0.26
TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT 59,249 56,232 1,000 650 56,882 55,161 (1,721) (3.03)
   
INSTITUTIONAL    
Youth Development Centers 11,063 11,086 0   11,086 11,638 552 4.98
Scranton State School for the Deaf 6,011 6,202 0   6,202 6,252 50 0.81
TOTAL INSTITUTIONAL 17,074 17,288 0 0 17,288 17,890 602 3.48
   
GRANTS & SUBSIDIES    
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS    
Basic Education Funding 4,086,326 0 4,210,623 4,210,623 4,210,623 4,315,889 105,266 2.50
Basic Education Funding - Reimbursement of                   -   0 4,600 4,600 4,600                          -   (4,600) (100.00)
  Additional Expenses
Reimbursement of Charter Schools 52,940 52,940 0   52,940 55,587 2,647 5.00
Philadelphia School District  25,000 0 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000                      -                        -  
Performance Incentives 25,000 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
School Improvement Grants 26,161 0 24,314 24,314 24,314 24,314                      -                        -  
Technology Initiative  (1) 4,070 1,290 0   1,290 1,290                      -                        -  
Head Start Supplemental Assistance                   -                            -   15,000 15,000 100.00
Education Support Services  (A) 10,829 0 9,000 9,000 9,000 9,000                      -                        -  
PA Accountability Grants                   -                            -   250,000 250,000 100.00
Education Assistance Program  (A)                   -   0 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000                      -                        -  
School Readiness 1,500 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
Science Education Program 2,000 0 2,000 2,000 2,000                          -   (2,000) (100.00)
Teacher Professional Development 5,811 3,867 0   3,867 3,867                      -                        -  
Read to Succeed 15,000 0 0                            -                            -                        -               (100.00)
Adult and Family Literacy 19,707 18,534 0   18,534 18,534                      -                        -  
Vocational Education 55,378 55,378 56,762 1,384 56,762 58,181 1,419 2.50
Vocational Education Equipment Grants 0 0 0   0 0 FALSE
New Choices/New Options 2,000 0 2,000 2,000 2,000                          -   (2,000) (100.00)
Authority Rentals and Sinking Fund Requirements 283,078 294,483 0   294,483 294,483                      -                        -  
Pupil Transportation  (2) 438,882 454,951 0   466,033 490,413 24,380 5.23
Nonpublic and Charter Pupil Transportation  (3) 75,339 74,064 0   76,642 76,663 21 0.03
Special Education 874,319 874,319 904,606 30,287 904,606 927,221 22,615 2.50
Early Intervention    107,725 113,111 0   113,111 117,607 4,496 3.97
Homebound Instruction 840 850 0   850 782 (68) (8.00)
Tuition for Orphans and Children Placed in Private Homes 45,528 47,288 0   47,288 50,005 2,717 5.75
Payments in Lieu of Taxes 180 180 0   180 208 28 15.56
Education of Migrant Laborers' Children 751 759 0   759 784 25 3.29
PA Charter Schools for the Deaf and Blind 25,749 25,749 26,749 1,000 26,749 27,418 669 2.50
Special Education - Approved Private Schools 63,450 63,450 65,450 2,000 65,450 67,086 1,636 2.50
Intermediate Units 6,311 6,311 0   6,311 6,311                      -                        -  
School Food Services  25,800 26,542 0   26,542 27,244 702 2.64
School Employes' Social Security 410,244 426,403 0   426,403 443,862 17,459 4.09
School Employes' Retirement 44,466 167,647 0   167,647 232,730 65,083 38.82
School District Demonstration Projects 4,000 0 13,000 13,000 13,000                          -   (13,000) (100.00)
Education of Indigent Children 100 100 0   100 55 (45) (45.00)
SUBTOTAL-SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS 6,738,484 2,708,216 5,369,104 4,350,208 7,072,084 7,564,534 492,450 6.96
 
OTHER GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES    
Education Mentoring 1,200 1,200 0   1,200 1,200                      -                        -  
Services to Nonpublic Schools 71,976 71,976 74,052 2,076 74,052 75,903 1,851 2.50
Textbooks, Instructional Materials and Equipment for    
   Nonpublic Schools 22,030 22,030 22,647 617 22,647 23,213 566 2.50
Technology for Nonpublic Schools 8,000 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood 1,725 1,725 0   1,725 1,725                      -                        -  
Comprehensive Reading 300 300 0   300 300                      -                        -  
Ethnic Heritage 165 165 0   165 165                      -                        -  
Governor's Schools of Excellence 2,492 2,492 0   2,492 2,492                      -                        -  
Job Training Programs 5,100 0 5,100 5,100 5,100                          -   (5,100) (100.00)
Charter Schools 1,800 1,000 0   1,000 1,000                      -                        -  
Charter Schools - Nonpublic Transfers 0 0 0   0 0 FALSE
Safe and Alternative Schools 30,000 23,326 0   23,326 23,326                      -                        -  
Alternative Education Demonstration Grants 7,200 7,200 0   7,200                          -   (7,200) (100.00)
Administrative/Instructional Consolidation 0 0 0   0 0 FALSE
Technology Leadership Academy  1,290 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
Independent Schools 1,000 500 0   500                          -   (500) (100.00)
School Defibrillators 0 0 0   0 0 FALSE
Charter Schools-Transition Grants                   -                  -                  -                               -                        -                        -  
Improvement of Library Services 75,289 37,644 47,789 10,145 47,789 52,568 4,779 10.00
Library Services for Visually Impaired and Disabled 2,965 2,965 0   2,965 2,965                      -                        -  
Library Access 7,386 7,386 0   7,386 7,386                      -                        -  
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic 70 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
Electronic Library Catalog (School Library Catalog) 4,042 3,842 0   3,842 3,842                      -                        -  
SUBTOTAL-OTHER GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES 244,030 183,751 149,588 17,938 201,689 196,085 (5,604) (2.78)
   
TOTAL BASIC EDUCATION 7,058,837 2,891,967 5,518,692 4,368,146 7,347,943 7,833,670 485,727 6.61
       
HIGHER EDUCATION-OTHER GRANTS & SUBSIDIES    
Community Colleges  210,277 210,277 213,977 3,700 213,977 224,676 10,699 5.00
Community College Facilities and Services                   -   0 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000                      -                        -  
Regional Community Colleges Services 550 0 550 550 550                          -   (550) (100.00)
Community Colleges - Workforce Development 0 0 0   0 0 FALSE
Higher Education for the Disadvantaged 9,320 9,320 0   9,320 9,320                      -                        -  
Higher Education of Blind or Deaf Students 54 54 0   54 54                      -                        -  
Community Education Councils 1,968 1,343 1,968 625 1,968 1,343 (625) (31.76)
Higher Education Equipment Grants 2,000 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
Higher Education Assistance 0 0 2,068 2,068 2,068 2,000 (68) (3.29)
Osteopathic Education 1,750 0 1,750 1,750 1,750                          -   (1,750) (100.00)
Engineering Equipment Grants 1,000 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
Higher Education Technology Grants 500 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
Dormitory Sprinklers 6,000 3,000 0   3,000 500 (2,500) (83.33)
Enhanced Technology Initiative 500 0 1,000 1,000 1,000                          -   (1,000) (100.00)
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (4) 7,737 7,948 0   7,948 8,087 139 1.75
SUBTOTAL-OTHER GRANTS & SUBSIDIES 241,656 231,942 224,313 12,693 244,635 248,980 4,345 1.78
   
STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION    
SSHE - State Universities  439,181 417,222 0   417,222 430,306 13,084 3.14
SSHE - Recruitment of Disadvantaged 345 328 0   328 328                      -                        -  
SSHE - McKeever Center 215 204 0   204 204                      -                        -  
SSHE - Affirmative Action 1,161 1,103 0   1,103 1,103                      -                        -  
SSHE - Program Initiatives 16,765 15,927 0   15,927 15,927                      -                        -  
SUBTOTAL-STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER  EDUCATION 457,667 434,784 0 0 434,784 447,868 13,084 3.01
   
STATE- RELATED UNIVERSITIES    
PSU - Educational and General  239,849 0 232,508 232,508 232,508 239,434 6,926 2.98
PSU - Medical Programs 4,943 0 4,793 4,793 4,793 4,793                      -                        -  
PSU - Children's Hospital 4,943 0 4,793 4,793 4,793 4,793                      -                        -  
PSU - Agricultural Research 23,646 0 22,922 22,922 22,922 22,922                      -                        -  
PSU - Agricultural Extension Services 27,028 0 27,580 27,580 27,580 27,580                      -                        -  
PSU - Recruitment of the Disadvantaged 341 0 332 332 332 332                      -                        -  
PSU - Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute 1,924 0 1,864 1,864 1,864 1,864                      -                        -  
PSU - Pennsylvania College of Technology - Debt Service 1,424 0 1,379 1,379 1,379 1,379                      -                        -  
PSU - Pennsylvania College of Technology 12,042 0 11,673 11,673 11,673 11,673                      -                        -  
PSU - Information Systems Technology School 0 0 0   0 0 FALSE
SUBTOTAL-PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 316,140 0 307,844 307,844 307,844 314,770                6,926 2.25
   
PITT -Educational and General  150,224 0 145,625 145,625 145,625 149,301                3,676 2.52
PITT- Medical Programs 6,765 0 6,558 6,558 6,558 6,558                      -                        -  
PITT - Dental Clinics 1,061 0 1,029 1,029 1,029 1,029                      -                        -  
PITT - Recruitment of the Disadvantaged 330 0 321 321 321 321                      -                        -  
PITT - Western Psychiatric Institute 7,925 0 7,682 7,682 7,682 7,682                      -                        -  
PITT -Western Teen Suicide Center 512 0 496 496 496 496                      -                        -  
PITT - Graduate School of Public Health 258 0 249 249 249 249                      -                        -  
PITT - Laboratory and Equipment 0 0 0 0 0                      -    FALSE
PITT - Rural Education Outreach 993 1,013 1,013 1,013 1,013                      -                        -  
PITT - Information Technology 0 0 0 0 0                      -    FALSE
PITT - Student Life Initiatives 425 0 413 413 413 413                      -                        -  
PITT - Program Initiatives 0 0 0   0                      -   FALSE
SUBTOTAL - UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 168,493 0 163,386 163,386 163,386 167,062                3,676 2.25
   
TEMPLE - Educational and General  157,839 0 153,006 153,006 153,006 156,717                3,711 2.43
TEMPLE - Medical Programs 9,005 0 8,729 8,729 8,729 8,729                      -                        -  
TEMPLE - Dental Clinics 1,061 0 1,029 1,029 1,029 1,029                      -                        -  
TEMPLE - Recruitment of the Disadvantaged 330 0 321 321 321 321                      -                        -  
TEMPLE - Maxillofacial Prosthodontics 128 0 125 125 125 125                      -                        -  
TEMPLE - Laboratories & Equipment 0 0 0 0 0                      -    FALSE
TEMPLE - Podiatric Medicine 1,319 0 1,280 1,280 1,280 1,280                      -                        -  
TEMPLE - Program Initiatives 0 0 0 0 0                      -    FALSE
TEMPLE - Biomedical Center 466 0 451 451 451 451                      -                        -  
SUBTOTAL-TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 170,148 0 164,941 164,941 164,941 168,652                3,711 2.25
     
LINCOLN - Educational and General  11,910 0 12,155 12,155 12,155 12,428                   273 2.25
LINCOLN - Recruitment of the Disadvantaged 330 0 0                            -                            -                        -                        -  
LINCOLN - Student Education Instruction Assistance 0 0 0                            -                        -    FALSE
LINCOLN - International Affairs Institute 299 0 0                            -                            -