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Special education costs across Pennsylvania are rising, while state funding hasn’t kept up. As a result, districts across the commonwealth are relying on increasing property taxes to cover the gap.

Gov. Josh Shapiro joined advocates and community leaders at the YWCA Carlisle and Cumberland County to tout nearly doubling funding for Pennsylvania’s 47 rape crisis centers in the 2026-27 budget. Funding will jump from $12.1 million to $24.1 million.

More than a week after Pennsylvania’s budget deadline, lawmakers remain at an impasse over a spending plan, extending the state’s streak of late budgets to five consecutive years.