For the 2016-17 school year, Gettysburg Area School District received $7,741,679 in Basic Education Funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This was a 3.7% increase over 2015-16 funding to the district. The highest percentage of BEF increase in Adams County was 3.8% awarded to Conewago Valley School District under the state's Basic Education Funding formula. For the 2016-17 school year, Pennsylvania increased its public education spending to a record high of $5,895 billion. It was a $200 million increase, 3.51% increase over the 2015-16 appropriation. The state also funded Ready to Learn grants at $250 million and Special Education funding received a $20 million increase. The state also paid $492 million to the school employee social security fund and another $2.064 billion to the teacher's pension fund. Statewide Conestoga Valley School District received a 13.3% increase in state BEF funding. Five PA public school districts received an increase of 10% or greater in Basic Education funding over their 2015-16 funding.