In 2011-12, Reading School District received a $110,657,924 allocation, of state Basic Education Funding. Additionally, Reading School District received $1,912,874 in Accountability Block Grant funding. The enacted Pennsylvania state Education budget included $5,354,629,000 for the 2011-2012 Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount was a $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) over the enacted State appropriation for 2010-2011. The highest increase in state basic education funding was awarded to Duquesne City School District, which got a 49% increase in state funding for 2011-12. In 2010, the district reported that 15,586 students received free or reduced-price lunches, due to the family meeting the federal poverty level.