For the 2010-11 school year, Middletown Area School District received 6.07% increase in state Basic Education Funding for a total of $8,076,297. One hundred fifty Pennsylvania school districts received the base 2% increase. The highest percentage increase in Dauphin County was again awarded to Susquehanna Township School District which received a 15.89% increase. Among Pennsylvania school districts, the highest increase in 2010-11 went to Kennett Consolidated School District in Chester County which received a 23.65% increase in state funding. Fifteen (15) Pennsylvania public school districts received a BEF increase of greater than 10%. The state's hold harmless policy regarding state basic education funding continued where each district received at least the same amount as it received the prior school year, even when enrollment had significantly declined. The amount of increase each school district receives is determined by Governor Edward Rendell and the Secretary of Education, Gerald Zahorchak, through the allocation set in the state budget proposal made in February each year. This was the second year of Governor Rendell's policy to fund some public school districts at a far greater rate than others.