 The amount of increase each school district received was set by Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak, as a part of the state budget proposal.The state Basic Education Funding to the district in 2008-09 was $8,274,036.According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 449 district students received free or reduced-price lunches due to low family income in the 2007–2008 school year.