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ATTACHMENT B
<br /> > SCHOOL FUNDING: WHO PAYS FOR WHAT?
<br /> North Carolina public schools spent$12.6 billion on instructional ...............................................................................................................................................................................
<br /> expenses in the 201415 school year, using a combination of state, WHO PAYS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL? 2014-15
<br /> federal,and local resources. State funding accounted for 64
<br /> percent of expenditures,federal funding accounted for 12
<br /> percent,and local funding accounted for 24 percent of spending.
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<br /> 100,000
<br /> SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS IN NC, 2014-15 s X92
<br /> LOCAL:
<br /> 6,380
<br /> FEDERAL:
<br /> FEDERAL LOCAL 6,666
<br /> $1.45 $3.06 DPI,Financial& 80,000
<br /> BILLION BILLION Business Services, z TOTAL:
<br /> (12%) (24%) Statistical Profile, 0 98,838
<br /> z
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<br /> u_
<br /> Carolina Current u_
<br /> STATE Expense Expenditures
<br /> Lu
<br /> $8.08 BILLION by Source of Funds u
<br /> (64%) 0 60,000
<br /> u,
<br /> m
<br /> c
<br /> w
<br /> °z STATE:
<br /> STATE FUNDS 15,729
<br /> z LOCAL:
<br /> In 2014-15,the state provided $8.1 billion to operate 2,583 ° 40,000 2,702 STATE:
<br /> district,charter,and regional schools in 115 school systems across a FEDERAL: 11,171
<br /> 4,478
<br /> 100 counties for 1.52 million students.Approximately 93 percent o LOCAL:
<br /> STATE: TOTAL 3,276
<br /> of state funds were spent on salaries and benefits for 131,751 m 4,412 22,909 FEDERAL:
<br /> state-funded school personnel. Z LOCAL: 1,232
<br /> 20,000 1,028 TOTAL:
<br /> State funding for operations has continually increased from$3.44 FEDERAL: 15,679
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<br /> billion in 1992-93 to$8.1 billion in 2014-15. But while the level of
<br /> TOTAL:
<br /> funding has increased over time,the percentage of the state's 5,454
<br /> General Fund dedicated to education has continually declined. In _
<br /> 2014-15,37.8 percent of the state's General Fund was appropriated
<br /> for K-12 public education,a significant drop from 1970,when it was PRINCIPALS TEACHERS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL
<br /> &ASSISTANT ASSISTANTS INSTRUCTIONAL
<br /> 52.5 percent. If public education were funded at the same percent- PRINCIPALS SUPPORT PERSONNEL
<br /> age of the General Fund as in 1970,districts and schools would
<br /> have an additional $3.05 billion to educate our students. Source:North Carolina Department of Public Instruction,Statistical Profile
<br /> State funding for capital outlays has been relatively small
<br /> compared with the state's investment in operations,and com-
<br /> pared with what counties invest in facilities.The amount of
<br /> funding the state provides for capital outlays has also decreased ...............................................................................................................................................................................
<br /> drastically since 2012-13,when the state spent$32 million on
<br /> capital outlays(5.8 percent of the combined local,state,and FUNDING FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, 2014-15
<br /> federal total. In 2013-14 and 2014-15,the state contributed 2.1
<br /> percent of the total capital outlay expenditure in the state,
<br /> spending$9.6 million in 2013-14 and$12.2 million in 2014-15. STATE
<br /> $12.2 MILLION
<br /> ............................................................................................................................................................................... (2%)
<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% 37.8% part of the state budget, -572.2 MILLION
<br /> but its share of the state (98%)
<br /> budget has declined
<br /> 30% sharply since 1970.
<br /> 1970-71 2014-15 Source:North Carolina Department of Public Instruction,Statistical Profile.
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