Are today's students being deprived of the best possible education just to balance the budget? Pennsylvania's future lies through the education of younger generations. Only time will tell whether adolescents currently in education will be able to maintain the high level of learning despite the barriers they will encounter with the proposed budget. For a positive future in Pennsylvania, young people must be educated intelligently and appropriately. Proposed cuts to Pennsylvania's state education budget will deny students the opportunity to reach their full potential creatively, academically, and socially. Governor Tom Corbett's new budget proposal of $27.3 billion will result in significant cuts for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Jaye). The five biggest cuts will come from funding education and environmental protection programs, eliminating government jobs and cuts to economic and community development. Also affected by the budget cut will be the Department of Social Security for Mental Health Services, where 1,500 jobs will be eliminated (Public Security Funds). However, the largest budget cuts will be in the public education sector, reducing funding for K-12 education by approximately $1.6 billion. Each school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will receive, on average, a two million dollar cut. The state has a four billion dollar deficit that benefits from federal stimulus, which expires in June (education budget cuts). If schools do not find a way to quickly emerge from this difficult situation, the quality of education taught in affected school districts may not be as strong as it once was. With massive cuts to the education budget, schools will have to re.. .... half of paper...... Discordant note in schools. 2003-2004. At the Capitol News Archives. At the Capitol. News and publications. Wisconsin Education Association Board." Wisconsin Education Association Board. Web. May 8, 2011. Jaye, Emily. "The Effects of Budget Cuts. Socyberty." Socyberty. Society on the Web. January 25, 2009. Web. May 5, 2011. Micheli, Lyle J., and Mark D. Jenkins. "Participation in Organized Sports Can Benefit Children." Sports in America: Viewpoints opposites. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1994. Print.Muska, Scott. “Budget Limits Program.” Pocono Record [Mount Pocono] March 14, 2011: 1-4. Print.Voy, Robert and Kirk D. Deeter. “Steroids should be banned from sport.” Sports in America: Opposing Views. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1994. 216-24.