For the 2015-16 school year, Governor Tom Wolf released a partial Basic Education Funding of $4,364,658 to Milton Area School District, in January 2016. This was part of $10.3 billion in school funding withheld from the public school, by the Governor since the summer of 2015. The dispersment did not follow the new Basic Education Funding formula which had been established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 2015. Ten (10) Pennsylvania school districts received no increase in Basic Education funding under Governor Wolf. In April 2016, Governor Wolf announced his finalized dispersement of 2015-16 state Basic Education Funding. Milton Area School District received a 2.57% increase for a total funding of $9,356,882. The highest increase in funding statewide was awarded by Governor Wolf to Wilkinsburg Borough School District which got a 48.07% increase in state Basic Education Funding. The average BEF increase among the Commonwealth's 500 public school districts for 2015-16 was 2.21%. In Northumberland County, the highest percentage increase was awarded to Shikellamy School District - 2.79%.