HARRISBURG — Scott Wagner, the Republican candidate for governor, on Thursday accused Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf of proposing a policy that would result in deep funding cuts to certain school districts, a claim that Wolf called absurd while pointing to his record of winning more education funding across Pennsylvania.

In a news conference Thursday in Pittsburgh, Wagner stepped up his campaign’s claim about what Wolf said last week at a public event in Philadelphia.

A report last week by WHYY-FM cited Wolf as saying the state needs “a fair funding formula for all dollars going into public education.”

Wagner was unable to point to an instance where Wolf said he thought the switch from the existing distribution scheme should be immediate or resulting in cuts to certain school districts.

On Thursday, Wolf said he did not support an immediate shift that would result in cuts to school districts, and maintained that he supports fair funding, adequate funding and increased funding.

“I am a strong education governor, I will continue to be a strong education governor, and saying I want to take any money out of public education is absurd, it’s just complete nonsense,” Wolf said.