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Alloway Supports Senate Passage of 2012-13 BudgetHARRISBURG – The Senate approved a General Fund budget bill for Fiscal Year 2012-13 today that makes significant restorations to the governor's proposed cuts without raising taxes, according to Senator Richard Alloway II (R-33). General Fund spending for Fiscal Year 2012-13, as proposed in Senate Bill 1466, is $27.656 billion, 1.9 percent more than the governor's budget request in February. Stronger-than-projected revenues over the past few months enabled the Senate to restore funding to a number of important programs, including education and social services. "Throughout the budget process, my main concern has been passage of a fiscally responsible and timely spending plan that protects the services Pennsylvanians rely on most," Alloway said. "This budget accomplishes those goals while restoring some funding for students and vulnerable state residents." SB 1466 maintains state support for Pennsylvania's state-related universities, State System of Higher Education schools and community colleges at their current levels. The budget bill also includes additional support for local school districts over what the governor proposed in February. SB 1466 adds more than $132 million in support for basic education, Accountability Block Grants and early childhood education programs over the governor's proposal in February. The budget reinvests significant funding to help counties and local agencies provide essential social and health services and programs for Pennsylvanians with physical and mental disabilities, senior citizens and families. The bill restores $84 million in funding for social services, including $20 million in funding for vital Community Mental Retardation and Intellectual Disability programs that assist thousands of Pennsylvanians and their families on a daily basis. The current fiscal year ends on June 30. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.
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