The idea of the state finding new ways to pay for education funding has some Pennsylvania lawmakers talking about tax increases or perhaps tapping into the Rainy Day Fund. The potential scenarios were tossed around at a meeting this week of the state’s Basic Education Funding Commission. State experts have said six-billion-dollars more is needed for “adequacy” funding statewide. One lawmaker speculated that increasing the state personal income tax rate from 3.07 percent to 4.07 percent would generate about four-billion-dollars