Pennsylvania brought in $3 billion in extra state revenue this year.
There's a call to use some of that money on schools in the state.
Governor Tom Wolf joined state house and senate Democrats Tuesday to advocate for the use of the Fair Funding Formula to help distribute that money.
That formula was signed into law by Wolf in 2016 and considers factors like enrollment and school district wealth to provide funding.
"We are all helped by a fair funding formula," said the governor. "We are all disadavantaged by an unfair funding formaula and as long as that unfairness exists, we are hurting ourselves. Ever Pennsylvanian in every corner of this commonwealth."
Last year, 11 percent of the state's total school spending was distributed using the formula.
State officials say the extra revenue came from stronger-than-expected tax collections.
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State Senator Jay Costa, who serves parts of Allegheny County, is among those in favor of using the money for school funding.
"Investments that are fair, equitable and that are not harmful to districts across Pennsylvania - that's what our goal is today and that is to raise the awareness of how important it is, the opportunity we have right now to be able to make those investments," Costa said.
"Pennsylvania's school funding system is failing students, therefore it's failing the teachers and it's failing all of us," Wolf said. "We need to fix the mistakes of the past and we need to make a comprehensive investment in education funding that actually works once and for all."
The Fair Funding Formula takes factors into account like district poverty levels and student needs.