 2006-07 - 5.5%, Base 3.9% 
2007-08 - 4.9%, Base 3.4% 
2008-09 - 6.3%, Base 4.4% 
2009-10 - 5.8%, Base 4.1% 
2010-11 - 4.1%, Base 2.9% 
2011-12 - 1.9%, Base 1.4%

The Salisbury-Elk Lick School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed the Act 1 Index for the budget in 2010-2011.In the Spring of 2010, 135 Pennsylvania school boards asked to exceed their adjusted index.Approval was granted to 133 of them and 128 sought an exception for pension costs increases.