As a result, the school district has been cutting spending and raising taxes.
They want the school district to pay more of their health insurance bills and raise the pay for teachers' aides.
The Act 1 of 2006 Index regulates the rates at which each school district can raise property taxes in Pennsylvania.
Each year individual schools and the school district must "raise the bar" in gradual increments so that by 2014, 100 percent of students achieve proficiency in each subject.
In arguing its case before the lower courts, the school district raised other defenses in addition to the Establishment Clause bar.
In the view of most lawmakers, the governor's plan would simply force local governments and school districts to raise property taxes to offset the loss of state aid.
Municipalities and school districts have also raised taxes - in part, they say, to cover the shortage of funds from Albany.
The program allows school districts to raise their minimum teacher salaries to $20,000 over the next three years, or to $21,500 on the part of the wealthier districts.
In October of 2012 some school districts in California and New Mexico raised the question of whether their child was receiving any nutrition from the snack.
By assessing local wealth, the state determines how much a school district can raise through property taxes to pay for public schools.