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News Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024

CCAP Completes Analysis of Impacts to County Line Items from the FY 2024-2025 Budget
On Thursday, July 11, Gov. Shapiro signed into law the commonwealth general appropriations and code bills for FY 2024-2025 which began on July 1. The $47.6 billion state budget represents a $2.72 billion (6.2%) increase from the prior fiscal year. The final budget also transfers $740 million into the state “Rainy Day Fund”. The complete budget package includes the following pieces of legislation: 
  • Act 1A: FY 2024-2025 General Appropriations - Details the $47.6 billion in expenditures 
  • Act 54: Fiscal Code Amendments – Authorizes new programs and provides for how several appropriations are to be made 
  • Act 56: Tax Reform Code – Contains any tax credits, cuts or adjustments 
  • Act 55: Public School Code – Provides general K-12 education funding and programs 
  • SB 1150, SB 1154, HB 897: Higher education school code package – higher education spending package and Grow PA components 
Notably, the FY 2024-2025 state budget includes many lines and programs important to counties, but received flat funding or nominal increases, with a few exceptions. These exceptions include:  
  • $134 million increase in funding for long-term care and nursing homes 
  • $274 million increases for intellectual disabilities and autism services 
  • Increase in the Payment in lieu of Taxes (PILTs) for state forests and parks from $2.40 to $3.00 per acre for counties 
  • $24 million for tourism initiatives 
  • $5 million increase for the Homeless Assistance Program 
  • $80.5 million in one-time funding for transit agencies 
  • $15.7 million increase in community college funding 
Key county programs that will see flat funding include: 
  • Child welfare ($2.3 billion) 
  • Act 88 Election Integrity Grants ($45 million) 
  • Indigent defense funding ($7.5 million)
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