In the 2009-2010 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 6.43% increase in Basic Education funding for a total of $11,779,552. The state Basic Education funding to the district in 2008-09 was $11,067,679.29. 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. This was the highest increase in BEF awarded by the Commonwealth, in Venango County, 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 then Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Secretary of Education as a part of the state budget proposal.