The board of directors for the State College Area School District voted to approve the 2017-2018 final budget Monday night. 

In the budget, an increase in revenues by 4% and expenses up 3.4% to support a psychologist for gifted and learning evaluations along with an elementary school principal for Ferguson Township Elementary.

Also approved in the budget, a real estate tax increase of about 1.5%, the lowest increase since 2007.