In the 2009-10 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 2.28% increase in Basic Education funding for a total of $1,172,769. This was the lowest percentage point increase, in Basic Education Funding, for the school districts in Cumberland County. Two school districts, in Cumberland County, received increases of over 8% in Basic Education Funding in 2009. Ninety school districts in the commonwealth were given the base 2% increase. Among the 500 school districts in Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg School District in Berks County received the highest with a 22.31% increase in funding. 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. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pennsylvania spent $7,824 Per Pupil in the year 2000. This amount increased up to $12,085 by the year 2008.