The FY 2011-12 total operating budget of $63.4 billion, which included $27.1 billion in General Fund spending, represented the first year-to-year reduction in state spending in at least 40 years. However, as the economy continues to struggle out of a recession and with increasing costs in public welfare, corrections, pensions, and debt, the FY 2012-13 budget will require even more difficult decisions by the General Assembly and Governor Corbett to put Pennsylvania on a path to prosperity.

Pennsylvania Budget Facts 2012:

• Pennsylvania State Budget 2012-13 for Smarties
• Pennsylvania State Budget Overview
• Pennsylvania Education Spending
• Pennsylvania Corrections Spending
• Pennsylvania Welfare Spending
• Pennsylvania State and School Pension Costs
• Pennsylvania Government Debt
• Pennsylvania Higher Education Spending
• State Spending Limits for Pennsylvania

Charts:

• Pennsylvania Total State Spending 1970-2012: Printable PDF | Image
• Welfare Spending: Printable PDF | Image
• State Debt Payments: Printable PDF | Image
• Future Public Pension Costs: Printable PDF | Image
• Corrections Spending and Population: Printable PDF | Image
• K-12 Education Spending per Student: Printable PDF | Image

PA State Budget Analysis:

• Commentary: Education Spending: The Rest of the Story
  
• Commentary: Sounding the Alarm to Save Pennsylvania
• Commentary: Fireproofing Pennsylvania's Economy
• Commentary: Will our Grandchildren be Budget Losers?
• Five Facts about Gov. Corbett's Budget Proposal
• State Budget Presentation
• PA State Budget Updates
  

PA Budget Info and Data:

• Pennsylvania Open Government Portal
• Pennsylvania Office of the Budget
• Pennsylvania Department of Revenue - Monthly Revenue Reports
• Independent Fiscal Office
• PA Department of Education - State Funding for School Districts

Pennsylvania State Budget Legislative Resources:

• PA House Democrats Appropriations Committee
• PA House GOP Budget Page 
• Pennsylvania Senate Republicans Budget Page
• Pennsylvania Senate Democrats