In the spring of 2010, 135 Pennsylvania school boards asked to exceed their adjusted index.

For 2009-10 school budget, the board did not apply for exceptions to exceed the Index.

Among Pennsylvania's 500 school district 165 applied for exceptions to exceed the Index in 2010-11.

For the exception for pension costs, 194 school districts received approval to exceed the Index.

Tax rate increases in the other 19 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget did not exceed the school district's index.

Of the 250 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget, 231 adopted real estate tax rates that exceeded their index.

In the Spring of 2010, 135 Pennsylvania school boards applied to the PDE for permission to exceed their adjusted index.

For the exception for pension costs, 89 school districts received approval to exceed the Index in full while others received a partial approval of their request.

For the 2009-10 school budget, Rochester Area School Board also did not apply for an exception to exceed the Index.

For the 2009-10 school budget, the Board applied for one exception to exceed the Index: School Construction Debt.