Important state budget update 

Today, the state Senate and House passed a 2015-16 budget, which now sits on the governor's desk. 

This budget provides a $150 million increase in basic education funding, a $50 million increase in Ready to Learn Block Grants, and a $50 million increase in special education funding. Gov. Wolf had proposed increases of $400 million in basic education funding and $100 million in special education funding. 

It's not the budget that our schools need or that our students…