In the 2009-2010 budget year, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 14% increase in Basic Education Funding for a total of $7,844,307 which was the highest increase awarded to the public school districts in Carbon County. The state Basic Education Funding to the district in 2008-09 was $6,877,289.46. 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 Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak, as a part of the state budget proposal. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pennsylvania spent $7,824 Per Pupil in the year 2000. This amount increased up to $12,085 by the year 2008.