HARRISBURG, Pa. — Philadelphia schools learned Wednesday they will get an extra $45 million from the state as the district struggles with its worst financial crisis in memory and questions about a student’s death after an apparent asthma attack at a school without a nurse on site.

Gov. Tom Corbett announced the state aid to Pennsylvania’s largest school district at an unrelated news conference in his Capitol offices and did not take questions afterward. However, he said his decision came a day after a letter from the Philadelphia school superintendent, William Hite, convinced him that district officials had made enough progress toward the governor’s educational and financial goals for improvements in the 134,000-student district.