Key Issues - 2011-12 Budget

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2011-12 Budget

Act 1A of 2011 contains the 2011-2012 state budget.  The measure sets general fund spending at $27.149 billion – a figure that represents a $1.1 billion reduction in spending from the 2010-2011 Budget.  The new budget successfully reduces state spending, while maintaining state services and programs without any tax increases.  A companion measure, Act 26 of 2011, amends the Fiscal Code to provide for budget implementation language.  For a comparison of the new spending plan, the Governor’s original proposal, and last year’s budget prepared by the Senate Appropriations Committee, click here.

2011-12 Governor's Executive Budget (CD-ROM copies of the proposed 2011-2012 Governor's Executive Budget document can be requested by submitting your name and address by e-mail to GBOpublications@state.pa.us).

2011-12 Budget in Brief.

2011-12 Proposed Budget Slide Presentation.

Governor Corbett’s 2011-12 Executive Budget Address.

Additional information about the Governor’s Education, Health and Welfare, and Community and Economic Development budget proposals.

Additional Resources

History and Analysis of General Fund Revenues and Expenditures (Policy Office Issue Brief - Updated February 2010)

Commonwealth Debt History (Policy Office Issue Brief - Updated February 2010)

Fiscal Year 2008-09 Budget (Policy Office Issue Brief)

Senate Appropriations Committee Newsletters/Budget Information

Governor’s Budget Office website which contains information on the current and past budgets.

The Budget Process in Pennsylvania a helpful guide to the preparation, submission and execution of Pennsylvania’s annual budget process.

2010-11 Budget - Archived information

2009-10 Budget - Archived information