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> SCHOOL FUNDING: WHO PAYS FOR WHAT?
<br /> North Carolina public schools spent$12.2 billion on instructional ...............................................................................................................................................................................
<br /> expenses in the 2013-14 school year, using a combination of state, WHO PAYS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL? 2013-14
<br /> federal,and local resources.State funding accounted for 63 percent
<br /> of expenditures,federal funding accounted for 12 percent,and
<br /> local funding accounted for 25 percent of spending.
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<br /> 100,000
<br /> SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS IN NC, 2013-14
<br /> STATE:
<br /> LOCAL:
<br /> 6,704
<br /> FEDERAL:
<br /> FEDERAL LOCAL 7,063
<br /> $1.42 $3.01 Source:DPI,Financial 80,000
<br /> BILLION BILLION &Business Services, z TOTAL:
<br /> (12%) (25%) Statistical Profile, 0 98,858
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<br /> Current Expense ,_
<br /> STATE Expenditures by 0
<br /> $7.73 BILLION Source of Funds
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<br /> (63%) pD 60,000
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<br /> °z STATE:
<br /> D 17,104
<br /> STATE FUNDS LOCAL:
<br /> LOCAL:
<br /> 0 40,000 2,246 STATE:
<br /> In 2013-14, the state provided $7.7 billion to operate 2,679 district, o FEDERAL: 10,868
<br /> charter, and regional schools in 115 school systems across 100 o 4,640 LOCAL:
<br /> counties for nearly 1.5 million students.Approximately 93 percent STATE: TOTAL: 3,123
<br /> m 4462 23,990 FEDERAL:
<br /> of state funds were spent on salaries and benefits for 137,455
<br /> state-funded school personnel. Z 1,007E TOTAL:
<br /> 20,000
<br /> FEDERAL: 15,288
<br /> State funding for operations continually increased from $3.44 22
<br /> billion in 1992-93 to$7.7 billion in 2012-13,and held steady at that TOTAL:
<br /> 5,491
<br /> level in 2013-14. But while the level of funding has increased _
<br /> over time, the percentage of the state's General Fund dedicated
<br /> to education has continually declined. In 2013-14, 37.3 percent PRINCIPALS TEACHERS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL
<br /> of the state's General Fund was appropriated for K-12 public &ASSISTANT ASSISTANTS INSTRUCTIONAL
<br /> PRINCIPALS SUPPORT PERSONNEL
<br /> education,a significant drop from 1970,when it was 52.5 percent.
<br /> If public education were funded at the same percentage of the Source:North Carolina Department of Public Instruction,Statistical Profile
<br /> General Fund as in 1970, districts and schools would have an
<br /> additional $3.05 billion to educate our students.
<br /> State funding for capital outlays has been relatively small compared
<br /> with the state's investment in operations,and compared with what ...............................................................................................................................................................................
<br /> counties invest in facilities. In 2013-14,the state spent$9.2 million
<br /> on capital outlays,which was 2.1 percent of the combined local, FUNDING FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, 2013-14
<br /> state, and federal total.This was a significant drop from 2012-13,
<br /> when the state spent$32 million on capital outlays (5.8 percent
<br /> of the combined local,state, and federal total). STATE FEDERAL
<br /> $9.6 MILLION $1.3 MILLION
<br /> ....................................................................................................................................i...i...i...i...i...i...i.................. (2.1%) (0.3 0/0)
<br /> K-12 SPENDING (%OF GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET)
<br /> 60%
<br /> 52.5%
<br /> 50°' K-12 education spending
<br /> represents the largest LOCAL
<br /> 40% 37.3% part of the state budget, $443.8 MILLION
<br /> but its share of the state (97.6%)
<br /> budget has declined
<br /> 30% sharply since 1970.
<br /> 1970-71 2013-14 Source:North Carolina Department of Public Instruction,Statistical Profile.
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