In the 2009–10 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 6.65% increase in Basic Education funding for a total of $7,900,615 to the Blue Mountain School District. The District also received supplemental funding for English language learners, Title 1 federal funding for low-income students, for district size, a poverty supplement from the commonwealth and more. Shenandoah Valley School District received the highest increase in Schuylkill County getting a 14.50% increase in basic education funding, for the 2009–10 school year. 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.