For the 2016-17 budget year, Gettysburg Area School Board applied for two exceptions to exceed the district's Act 1 Index limit, due to escalating pension costs and rising special education costs. Statewide 299 school districts adopted a resolution to not exceed their Act I index in 2016-17. In 2016-17, all Pennsylvania public school districts were required to make a 30.03% of payroll payment to the teacher's pension fund (PSERS). This was in addition to the 6.02% social security employer match payment.