Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana, left, and Speaker of the House Mike Turazai, R-Allegheny, answer questions regarding budget negotiations Wednesday.

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf is facing a decision over what to with a last-ditch spending bill being sent to him without the increase in aid to public schools that he had sought.

Republicans are urging Wolf to sign it, and stop the borrowing, layoffs or service delays by schools, counties and social services agencies struggling to get by without state aid.

Numerous questions remain about the bill, including the fate of legislation to authorize hundreds of millions of dollars for universities and colleges. Wolf also could let it become law without his signature after 10 days, or he could eliminate some of the individual spending items in it.

The pared-down spending bill emerged Wednesday when it became clear that an eleventh-hour effort to revive the Senate GOP's legislation to restructure public pension benefits had stalled in the House.

As a result, leaders of the Senate Republican majority pulled their support from a bipartisan deal with Wolf that called for $30.8 billion in spending, along with a $1 billion-plus tax increase.

Instead, Senate Republicans turned to the smaller spending plan approved two weeks ago by the House, when the chamber's huge Republican majority revolted against the prospect of the tax increase.

Pennsylvania is one of just two states — along with Illinois — still fighting over a budget for the fiscal year that began July 1. Wednesday tied its modern-day record for a budget impasse, set in 2003 by another first-year Democratic governor, Ed Rendell, and a Republican-controlled Legislature.

In a statement, Wolf blasted the House and Senate Republican majorities, saying they were intent on maintaining the status quo and going on vacation “instead of continuing the hard work to move Pennsylvania forward.” He also accused Senate Republicans of caving to Tea Party-aligned House Republican leaders and denying critical dollars for schools.

“Change is difficult, and clearly more so given this legislature, but we must continue our fight for historic education funding that will begin to restore the cuts from five years ago, and a budget that is balanced, paid for, and fixes our deficit,” Wolf said.

Senate Republicans argued that they had been the responsible ones in the Capitol by approving a spending bill to speed money to suffering school districts and social services agencies.

“This is the only way to get a budget to the governor before Christmas, so that we can start driving out money to our schools, to our social services, which are hurting,” Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, said during brief floor arguments.

Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa, D-Allegheny, said he would urge Wolf to veto the plan.

It includes $150 million in additional aid for public schools; the bipartisan deal backed by Wolf would have delivered $350 million, a 6 percent increase.

Numerous questions remain about the bill, including the fate of legislation to authorize hundreds of millions of dollars for universities and colleges.

House Appropriations Committee officials said the bill does not include money to reimburse school districts, counties and social services agencies for millions of dollars in borrowing costs they racked up while state aid has been held up since July 1.

The Capitol emptied out Wednesday evening, closing out a two-week sprint by lawmakers to try to end the stalemate. When they will return was unclear.