In early February, Gov. Tom Corbett delivered his budget address for FY 2014-15. The $29.4 billion budget is a $1 billion increase over the current fiscal year’s budget of $28.4 billion. This budget includes a 5% increase to the appropriation for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) grants to arts organizations bringing the total appropriation to $8.59 million. This is the first proposed increase to the Grants to the Arts line item in eight years.
He also proposed holding steady at $886,000 in the line item for the administration of the PCA.
Both the PA Senate and the PA House of Representatives held hearings on the budget proposal in late February/early March. A budget bill is expected to be proposed in late spring and deliberations on the bill will begin shortly thereafter. Constitutionally, a budget bill must be passed and signed by the Governor no later than midnight on June 30.
Below are the line items dealing with arts and culture in Governor Corbett’s FY 2014-15 Budget Proposal:
Source: Governor’s Budget Office