The commonwealth’s budget battle continues in Harrisburg today.

Even though it's summer vacation for schools across Pennsylvania, districts are bracing for the financial impact this budget could have on them.

A lot of schools, including the Erie School District, rely heavily on state funding; and there is quite a difference between the two proposed budgets.

Governor Wolf's budget would give the district, also known as Erie’s Public Schools, nearly $6 million for the upcoming school year.

The Republican-controlled legislature would give them about half of that, roughly $3 million.

Either way, said Brian Polito, chief financial officer for Erie’s Public Schools, the district will be fine through September.

"It gets us to where we anticipate it being,” said Polito. “At this point, I think that's (the funding in the GOP budget) the worst case scenario.”

That’s the time when funds could dry up should a budget not pass, and the district would have to borrow additional money.

In the meantime, the district will collect real estate taxes and a $12 million tax revenue anticipation note.

The Erie School District receives nearly 60 percent of its funding from the commonwealth.

While the approximately $3 million in the General Assembly's budget would work, Polito believes increased funding would provide a better education.

“We're hoping through the negotiations we'll get a little more and will help us balance our budget and maybe start looking to the future."

Polito and other district officials also said 70 of the 100 eligible staff members accepted early retirement packages offered earlier this year. Those savings have already been included in the 2015-2016 district budget.