William Fendya, business manager at PENNCREST School District, said the change in education funding is expected to have little impact.

“A 3-percent increase is only slightly better than the 2.9-percent increase that PENNCREST School District would have received under Gov. Rendell’s original proposal,” he said. “PENNCREST budgeted revenues included a 1.7-percent increase which was based on Senate Bill 1389.”

Any revenues that PENNCREST receives would most likely be used to offset expenses that the district is expecting in the upcoming school year.

Prior knowledge of the changes in funding wouldn’t have affected the 1.09-mill increase in PENNCREST because the revenues generated were designated.

“The board wanted to use the tax increase for the Crawford County Career & Technical Center building project and other future capital expenditures,” he said.

All three district officials said they were hopeful, but all had a “wait-and-see” attitude.

“Nothing has been put in writing yet,” Yeager said. “So for now I’m just watching and waiting to see the actual numbers.”

Pennsylvania state legislators anticipate that the final budget will be approved Thursday.