▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁exceed s ▁$ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁a ▁year ▁plus ▁they ▁receive ▁federal ▁Social ▁Security ▁benefits : ▁both ▁are ▁free ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁state ▁income ▁tax ▁and ▁local ▁income ▁tax ▁which ▁funds ▁local ▁public ▁schools . ▁ ▁State ▁basic ▁education ▁fund ing ▁For ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 - 1 3 ▁school ▁year , ▁the ▁Sol an co ▁School ▁District ▁received ▁$ 9 , 5 0 1 , 3 8 6 . ▁The ▁Governor ' s ▁Executive ▁Bud get ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 ▁included ▁$ 9 . 3 4 ▁billion ▁for ▁kind erg arten ▁through ▁ 1 2 th ▁grade ▁public ▁education , ▁including ▁$ 5 . 4 ▁billion ▁in ▁basic ▁education ▁fund ing , ▁which ▁was ▁an ▁increase ▁of ▁$ 4 9 ▁million ▁over ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 - 1 2 ▁budget . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁provided ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁million ▁for ▁the ▁Account ability ▁Block ▁Grant ▁( AB G ) ▁program . ▁Sol an co ▁School ▁District ▁received ▁$ 1 5 0 , 6 2 4 ▁in ▁AB G ▁fund ing . ▁The ▁state ▁also ▁provided ▁a ▁$ 5 4 4 . 4 ▁million ▁payment ▁for ▁School ▁Emp loy ees ’ ▁Social ▁Security ▁and ▁$ 8 5 6 ▁million ▁for ▁School ▁Emp loy ees ’ ▁Ret irement ▁fund ▁called ▁P SER S . ▁This ▁amount ▁is ▁a ▁$ 2 1 , 8 2 3 , 0 0 0 ▁increase ▁( 0 .