In the 2009-2010 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 5.23% increase in Basic Education Funding for a total of $7,346,519. Among the public school districts in Clearfield County, this was the highest increase awarded. Ninety Pennsylvania public school districts received the base 2% increase. Muhlenberg School District in Berks County received a 22.31% increase in state basic education funding in 2009. The amount of increase each school district receives is set by the Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak as a part of the state budget proposal given each February.