HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday vetoed parts of what he called the “ridiculous” and “unconscionable” budget passed by the Republican-controlled legislature, slamming lawmakers for shortchanging schools and pressing for new talks on a final spending plan.

Acknowledging the impact of the nearly seven-month stalemate, the governor agreed to release six months’ worth of emergency funds for schools and more than $9 billion for human services.

“I don’t want to hold the children of Pennsylvania hostage for the inability of folks here in Harrisburg to get the job done,” he said.

His signature means about $23 billion in aid will flow. But the fix is temporary. Wolf used his line-item veto authority to eliminate or reduce other pieces of the $30.26 billion budget proposal, including funding for neonatal medical assistance, student grants and operations in the legislature.

“I’m expressing the outrage that all of us should feel about the garbage the Republican legislative leaders have tried to dump on us,” Wolf said.

Republicans applauded the release of funds but chided the governor for taking so long to do so. They also denounced Wolf’s tone as counterproductive.

“Those types of words and campaign-style rhetoric aren’t going to get a budget done,” said House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana.

Wolf’s actions reflected the biggest step to date in getting state funding flowing again, but did nothing to resolve the fundamental policy differences or end a contentious budget season already the longest in modern state history.

The governor, a Democrat in his first term, continued to insist any final budget include the $350 million in new school funding he has touted for months. Republican lawmakers haven’t given up on their own priorities — changes to the state pension system and liquor sales.

And neither side addressed if Pennsylvanians will have pay more in taxes to fund the budget.

Despite criticism from Wolf, legislators won’t be called into session before Monday.

House Speaker Mike Turzai said leaders of both parties agreed there will be no House sessions through Sunday, and representatives will be on a six-hour call starting Monday. The Senate also does not plan to convene this week.

But Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, said, “We’re not finished. We have to continue to negotiate and get to the point where all parties are going in the same direction.”

Wolf was palpably angry as he announced his decision. He accused the Republican budget plan of unnecessarily cutting education funding, shortchanging state universities and leaving a hole in future budgets.

The governor called their maneuver an “exercise in stupidity” and tore into them for leaving the negotiating table.

“They can throw around all the political nonsense they want, but the fact remains: They ran off, pretty quickly at that, before finishing their job,” he said. “And they left us with a real mess.”

With his pen, Wolf reduced the basic education funding budget by half, to about $2.5 billion.

He also cut state prison funding by about $1 billion, compared with what Republicans had proposed, slashed about $2 billion in proposed payments to hospitals to help control medical care costs, and reduced health and agriculture funding by about $100 million each.