Pennsylvania
Gov. Edward G. Rendell has asked the Pennsylvania legislature to approve expansions in early-childhood and high school programs as part of his fiscal 2008 budget proposal.
In his budget address on Feb. 6, the second-term Democrat proposed a $9.3 billion pre-K-12 education budget, a 5.8 percent hike from the amount spent in fiscal 2007. Gov. Rendell鈥檚 proposal includes expansion of his 鈥渇oundation funding鈥� formula, which supplements funding for the poorest districts.
The governor continued his emphasis on early-childhood programs by proposing $75 million to expand prekindergarten and $25 million more to establish more full-day kindergarten.
Mr. Rendell asked the legislature to approve a $90 million addition to his effort to put laptop computers in high schools; a $3 million increase to his 鈥淧roject 720,鈥� so that 30 more high schools could join the 118 already piloting more rigorous curricula; and a $2 million boost for a dual-enrollment program that allows high school students, particularly those from low-income families, to take college courses.
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