Governor Tom Wolf continued the "Schools That Teach" Tour in the Parkland School District Friday, speaking about the importance of including significant increases in state education funding in the 2015-16 budget.

Last week, Wolf vetoed the Republican budget that failed to address the core issues facing Pennsylvania, including a structural budget deficit, a drastically underfunded school system, and rising property taxes for seniors and middle-class families."The people of Pennsylvania want funding for education, and they support a commonsense severance tax to pay for it," Governor Wolf said."While my budget proposes a historic $1 billion investment in education at all levels, including $500 million for K-12 education, the Republican budget continues the handouts for oil and gas companies and the underfunding of our schools. Their budget includes only $8 million for education that's less than 3 cents, per child, per day."At Cetronia Elementary School today, Wolf joined Superintendent Rich Sniscak and Principal Jamie Giaquito to discuss the effects that this school district would see from Wolf's budget.Wolf's plan includes over half a million dollars in additional funding that would be seen directly in the classrooms of the Parkland School District.That's over $210,000 more than the amount proposed for the district in the Republican budget.