Most local school districts are expected to receive the 3-percent minimum increase under the recently passed state budget.

Most local school districts should see a 3-percent increase in basic education funding under the state's 2008-09 budget, except for Oil City, which is set to receive a 4.51 percent jump under a new needs-based formula.

A 3-percent increase is the minimum increase districts can receive under the budget.

For many local districts, the budget is an improvement over Gov. Ed Rendell's proposed spending plan, which included a 1.5-percent increase for districts in Clarion and Forest counties.

Approved Friday by the legislature, the budget includes an additional $274 million in basic education funding, boosting the total to $5.2 billion.

The funding will be parceled out according to a costing out study commissioned last year by the General Assembly, which sought to determine the level of education spending required to reach the state's academic achievement goals.

Extra funds will also go to those districts with high tax burdens and/or low wealth.

While Rendell's proposed budget aimed to disperse $2.6 billion over six years to bring districts to the desired spending levels, the legislature did not commit to using the same formula to distribute funding for the next six years.

Rendell has described the budget as "the first step" toward what he "hopes" will be a long-term commitment to "adequate school funding over the next six years."

While Rendell had requested a 3-percent increase in special education funding to $1.4 billion, the final budget includes roughly $1.3 billion, an increase of only 1.7 percent.

Here is the estimated 2008-09 basic education funding for area school districts:

Clarion County

Allegheny-Clarion Valley - $5,688,248, up $165,677 from last year

Clarion Area - $2,616,335, up $76,204

Clarion-Limestone - $4,841,318, up $141,009

Keystone - $6,676,245, up $194,454

North Clarion - $3,273,058, up $95,332

Redbank Valley - $8,264,004, up $240,699

Union - $5,406,309, up $157,465

Venango County

Cranberry - $6,494,524, up $189,161

Franklin - $11,067,680, up $322,360

Oil City - $13,121,531, up $565,800

Titusville - $12,943,619, up $376,999

Valley Grove - $6,361,064, up $185,274

Forest County

Forest Area - $2,476,405, up $72,128

Special education funding includes:

Clarion County

Allegheny-Clarion Valley - $635,089, up $10,628 or 1.7 percent

Clarion Area - $441,692, up $7,215 or 1.66 percent

Clarion-Limestone - $609,513, up $11,412 or 1.91 percent

Keystone - $707,280, up $13,047 or 1.88 percent

North Clarion - $368,389, up $6,584 or 1.82 percent

Redbank Valley - $829,011, up $14,196 or 1.74 percent

Union - $528,535, up $9,698 or 1.87 percent

Venango County

Cranberry - $824,084, up $13,044 or 1.61 percent

Franklin - $1,426,255, up $25,288 or 1.81 percent

Oil City - $1,455,207, up $29,189 or 2.05 percent

Titusville - $1,536,527, up $26,824 or 1.78 percent

Valley Grove - $644,225, up $11,326 or 1.79 percent

Forest County

Forest Area - $441,119, up $4,852 or 1.11 percent