In this budget analysis, the PA Budget and Policy Center presents the details of Governor Corbett’s proposed 2012-2013 budget. The governor proposes to spend $27,138,970,000 down from the $27,261,435,000 budget enacted in June 2011 and up slightly from the $26,938,886,000 in revised 2011-12 spending announced in the January budgetary freeze.
February 7, 2012
Governor Tom Corbett delivered his 2012-13 state budget address to a joint session of the Legislature today.
It proposes to spend $27,138,970,000—down from the $27,261,435,000 budget enacted in June 2011 and up slightly from the $26,938,886,000 in revised 2011-12 spending announced in the January budgetary freeze.
Below are departmental funding details for the governor’s proposal, compared to the 2010-11 and 2011-12 budgets.
Program Funding Highlights
2012-13 General Fund Governor’s Budget |
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| 2010-11 Actual[1] | 2011-12 Available (Feb 12)[2] | 2012-13 Governor’s Budget | Change from 2011-12 Available[2] | Percent Change[2] | Change from 2010-11 Actual | Percent Change | |
| (Figures in $ thousands) | |||||||
| Governor’s Office | $6,400 | $6,504 | $6,179 | ($325) | -5.0% | ($221) | -3.5% |
| Executive Offices | 168,997 | 163,415 | 160,902 | (2,513) | -1.5% | (8,095) | -4.8% |
| Lieutenant Governor | 995 | 1,345 | 1,278 | (67) | -5.0% | 283 | 28.4% |
| Attorney General | 83,007 | 81,392 | 78,121 | (3,271) | -4.0% | (4,886) | -5.9% |
| Auditor General | 46,245 | 44,624 | 42,393 | (2,231) | -5.0% | (3,852) | -8.3% |
| Treasury | 1,023,234 | 1,090,119 | 1,166,596 | 76,477 | 7.0% | 143,362 | 14.0% |
| Agriculture[3] | 93,039 | 133,096 | 56,268 | (76,828) | -57.7% | (36,771) | -39.5% |
| Community and Economic Development | 327,462 | 212,823 | 211,753 | (1,070) | -0.5% | (115,709) | -35.3% |
| Conservation and Natural Resources | 82,480 | 55,288 | 52,723 | (2,565) | -4.6% | (29,757) | -36.1% |
| Corrections[4] | 1,867,230 | 1,867,022 | 1,867,022 | 0 | 0.0% | (208) | 0.0% |
| Drug and Alcohol Programs[5] | 0 | 40,698 | 41,698 | 1,000 | 2.5% | 41,698 | NA |
| Education (preferred)[4] [6] [7] | 10,308,653 | 9,693,385 | 9,923,028 | 229,643 | 2.4% | (385,625) | -3.7% |
| Education (non-preferred)[4] | 688,377 | 514,850 | 367,819 | (147,031) | -28.6% | (320,558) | -46.6% |
| Total Education[4] [6] [7] | 10,997,030 | 10,208,235 | 10,290,847 | 82,612 | 0.8% | (706,183) | -6.4% |
| Environmental Protection | 145,486 | 135,426 | 124,837 | (10,589) | -7.8% | (20,649) | -14.2% |
| General Services[3] | 120,282 | 119,123 | 117,590 | (1,533) | -1.3% | (2,692) | -2.2% |
| Health[4] | 233,705 | 183,512 | 175,086 | (8,426) | -4.6% | (58,619) | -25.1% |
| Insurance | 121,880 | 120,674 | 123,195 | 2,521 | 2.1% | 1,315 | 1.1% |
| Labor and Industry | 86,200 | 71,752 | 70,512 | (1,240) | -1.7% | (15,688) | -18.2% |
| Military and Veterans Affairs | 110,334 | 128,681 | 122,427 | (6,254) | -4.9% | 12,093 | 11.0% |
| Public Welfare[8] | 10,604,374 | 10,560,548 | 10,530,950 | (29,598) | -0.3% | (73,424) | -0.7% |
| Revenue | 189,731 | 193,304 | 185,136 | (8,168) | -4.2% | (4,595) | -2.4% |
| State | 8,496 | 10,126 | 8,859 | (1,267) | -12.5% | 363 | 4.3% |
| Transportation | 2,187 | 7,954 | 3,159 | (4,795) | -60.3% | 972 | 44.4% |
| State Police | 175,568 | 186,728 | 187,030 | 302 | 0.2% | 11,462 | 6.5% |
| Civil Service Commission | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Emergency Management Agency | 13,094 | 25,040 | 29,475 | 4,435 | 17.7% | 16,381 | 125.1% |
| Fish and Boat Commission | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | (17) | -100.0% |
| State System of Higher Education[4] | 503,355 | 412,751 | 330,201 | (82,550) | -20.0% | (173,154) | -34.4% |
| Higher Education Assistance Agency | 441,199 | 422,950 | 395,705 | (27,245) | -6.4% | (45,494) | -10.3% |
| Historical and Museum Commission | 18,467 | 17,525 | 16,649 | (876) | -5.0% | (1,818) | -9.8% |
| Environmental Hearing Board | 1,578 | 1,727 | 1,727 | 0 | 0.0% | 149 | 9.4% |
| Probation and Parole | 120,578 | 126,835 | 131,667 | 4,832 | 3.8% | 11,089 | 9.2% |
| Securities Commission[9] | 1,145 | 1,031 | 0 | (1,031) | -100.0% | (1,145) | -100.0% |
| Tax Equalization Board[10] | 1,009 | 1,057 | 0 | (1,057) | -100.0% | (1,009) | -100.0% |
| State Employees’ Retirement System | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology[4] | 10,876 | 10,332 | 10,332 | 0 | 0.0% | (544) | -5.0% |
| Housing Finance Agency | 10,476 | 2,000 | 0 | (2,000) | -100.0% | (10,476) | -100.0% |
| Health Care Cost Containment Council[11] | 2,710 | 2,683 | 0 | (2,683) | -100.0% | (2,710) | -100.0% |
| State Ethics Commission | 1,786 | 1,768 | 1,680 | (88) | -5.0% | (106) | -5.9% |
| Legislature[12] | 288,263 | 272,784 | 260,776 | (12,008) | -4.4% | (27,487) | -9.5% |
| Government Support Agencies | 24,748 | 41,698 | 37,332 | (4,366) | -10.5% | 12,584 | 50.8% |
| Judiciary | 276,860 | 298,860 | 298,860 | 0 | 0.0% | 22,000 | 7.9% |
| Total General Fund | $28,210,528 | $27,261,435 | $27,138,970 | ($122,465) | -0.4% | ($1,071,558) | -3.8% |
Endnotes
[1] 2010-11 Actual funding contains $213 million in expenditures frozen in August 2010.
[2] 2011-12 Available funding as appears in the governor’s Executive budget book. In certain departments, this varies significantly than available figures issued in January 2012, which reflected the $156 million in budget freezes.
[3] 2012-13 budget decreases as Agriculture/Veterinary funding for PSU and Penn are proposed to be moved to the Race Horse Development Fund.
[4] 2010-11 figures include ARRA Fiscal Stabilization funds.
[5] New Drug and Alcohol Programs department proposed in 2012-13 budget. Expenditures from 2010-11 listed in Health Department.
[6] 2010-11 figures also include $387.8 million in Federal Education Jobs funding. Basic education subsidy not listed in this table due to changes proposed in budget.
[7] 2011-12 Available contains $100 million in Accountability Block Grant funding that were to be funded by a surplus in legislative leadership accounts. This differs from the administration figures that count the $100 million in 2010-11 Available. Funds will be spent in 2011-12.
[8] 2010-11 figures include temporary increased federal Medicaid matching funds (FMAP).
[9] Proposed to be moved to the Department of Banking in 2012-13.
[10] Proposed to be moved to Department of Community and Economic Development in 2012-13.
[11] Proposed to be moved to Department of Health in 2012-13.
[12] 2010-11 includes $11 million in House caucus administration expenses (D&R) that has not been included in previous funding tables or the 2011-12 Executive Budget. Salaries for senators and their staff are also reported to be higher in 2010-11 than in earlier versions.