In the 2009–2010 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided an 8.57% increase in Basic Education Funding for a total of $8,620,274. Among the districts in Delaware County, the highest increase went to Upper Darby School District which got an 11.61%. The state Basic Education Funding to Interboro School District, in 2008–09, was $7,939,867.47. Ninety school districts received a 2% increase. Muhlenberg School District in Berks County received a 22.31% increase in state basic education funding in 2009. The amount of increase each school district receives is set by the Governor and the Secretary of Education as a part of the state budget proposal given each February. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 805 Interboro School District students received free or reduced-price lunches due to low family income in the 2007–2008 school year.