HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Wolf is scheduled to release his 2016-17 budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

After an unresolved fight with the Republican-controlled Legislature, the Democrat is the first governor in modern Pennsylvania history to come to this point with substantial portions of the budget for the current fiscal year still in limbo.Wolf says he will seek an additional $200 million for public school instruction and operations next year and another $60 million in new money for prekindergarten programs for children of low-income parents.He maintains that a tax increase of some sort is necessary to deal with a long-term deficit that has knocked Pennsylvania's credit rating into the basement.Wolf has said he will resume his pursuit of a severance tax on the Marcellus Shale reservoir, the nation's most productive natural gas reserve.Wolf still wants the state government to finance reductions in local school property taxes. One big dispute between Wolf and Republican lawmakers is over which school districts should see the biggest property tax reductions from a state tax increase.