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2012-2013 Budget

Under the 2012 – 2013 General Fund Budget, the Commonwealth spends $27,656,381,000 in tax moneys: $75,770,907 each day, $3,157,121 each hour, $52,619 each minute, and $877 every second. Since the time you entered this site, the Commonwealth has spent this much of YOUR hard-earned tax moneys:

Welfare accounts for $10,585,308,000 of the state budget (38.3% or $336 per second) and education accounts for $10,537,067,000 (38.1% or $334) of the state budget.  Combined, these two line items equal 76.4% of the total state budget, leaving 23.6% for all other state departments, programs, and initiatives.

 

Recent News


May 30, 2013 - Senate Education Committee Public Hearing on Senate Bill 335, legislation to exempt school districts from paying for cyber charter schools

May 15, 2013 - Senate Education Committee Hearings on Higher Education Accessibility and Affordability and Common Core Standards (with audio and video)

May 8, 2013 - Lawmakers Announce Plan for Improved Oversight of Municipal Financial Deals

May 7, 2013 - Thank you REACH Alliance and Pennsylvania businesses for supporting 12 years of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program!

May 1, 2013 - Protecting Our Liberties

April 23, 2013 - Senate Education Committee Hearing at Lebanon High School

April 11, 2013 - Folmer to Resume Treatments for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

March 21, 2013 - Senate Education Committee Public Hearing to find out from students the strengths and limitations of the state's educational system.

March 19, 2013 - Senate Education Committee Meeting to Consider Bills

March 2013 - This month Senator Folmer features Dress for Success South Central PA, an organization that changes the lives of women from the outside in.
 

March 14, 2013 - The Contradictions Keep Coming

March 12, 2013 - Senate Hearing to Study Safety in Child Cares and Colleges

March 13, 2013 - Senate Education and Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committees School Safety Follow Up Hearing

February 25, 2013 - Follow the Money

February 13, 2013 - Senate Education and Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committees School Safety Hearing

February 5, 2013 - How Far Have We Come

January 8, 2013 - Presuppositional Philosophical Worldviews

January 2013 - We the People…Senator Folmer begins a New Year of the Community Report with an in-depth tour of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

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