In the 2009–2010 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 2% increase in Basic Education Funding for a total of $3,116,811. Among the districts in Delaware County, the highest increase went to Upper Darby School District which got an 11.61%. The state Basic Education Funding to the district in 2008–09 was $3,055,697.60. Ninety school districts received a 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 received was set by the Governor Edward G Rendell and the Secretary of Education as a part of the state's annual budget plan.