Pa. state institutions waiting for the money

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State and three other state-related institutions are still waiting for their appropriations despite the end of Pennsylvania’s state budget stalemate.

Money for those four schools, which also includes Lincoln, Pitt and Temple, wasn’t included in the budget deal signed Friday.

Those institutions receive just a part of their funding from the state. Their appropriations have been delayed as lawmakers negotiate legislation to legalize table games at slot-machine casinos.

Neither the House nor the Senate is in session this week, and legislative aides say talks are moving slowly.

Penn State has the biggest hole.

It is waiting on roughly $318 million from the state, or 9 percent of its budget for the current fiscal year.

The university says it is dipping into reserves to cover the shortfall.