beginning in 2004-2005, the state launched the accountability block grant school funding. this program has provided $1.5 billion to pennsylvania's school districts. the accountability block grant program requires that its taxpayer dollars are focused on specific interventions that are most likely to increase student academic achievement. these interventions include: teacher training, all-day kindergarten, lower class size k-3rd grade, literacy and math coaching programs that provide teachers with individualized job-embedded professional development to improve their instruction, before or after school tutoring assistance to struggling students. for 2010-11, the district applied for and received $408,832 in addition to all other state and federal funding. the district used the funding to provide full-day kindergarten for 84 students ($286,833), to provide intensive instruction for struggling students ($61,147), to provide teacher training ($30,620) and to focus on subgroups.