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ATTACHMENT B
<br /> ,• LARGE SPENDING DISPARITIES REMAIN
<br /> WIDENING REAL ESTATE WEALTH GAP This year's study found a larger gap between the highest-and
<br /> lowest-spending counties:$2,316 per student,compared with
<br /> $2,211 last year.Orange County,at the top of the list,spends more
<br /> 2,500,000 than twelve times more per student than Swain County at the
<br /> bottom.The ten highest-spending counties spend 4.26 times more
<br /> per child ($3,026 per child)than the ten lowest-spending counties
<br /> 2,000,000 ($710 per child).On average,the highest-spending counties
<br /> increased their spending by 3.8 percent more per child this year
<br /> since last year($110 more per student).The lowest-spending
<br /> 500,000 counties increased their average spending per student by.8
<br /> percent($5 per student).
<br /> SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REMAINS CRUCIAL
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<br /> In 1991,the state enacted supplemental funds for low-wealth and
<br /> small counties, in part to address the limited capacity that some
<br /> 500,000 counties have to raise revenues through taxation because of their
<br /> limited local resources and size. In 2014-15 the General Assembly
<br /> provided an appropriation of$227.8 million for 68 low-wealth
<br /> counties(79 districts)and $38.9 million for 25 small counties.
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<br /> Low-wealth supplemental funding is provided to systems whose
<br /> The difference in real estate wealth capacity between the ten
<br /> wealth-ability to generate local revenue per student is below the state
<br /> iest and ten poorest counties has grown from$477,477 in 1997 to average.Some of the factors used to determine eligibility are
<br /> $1,535,429.68 in 2015. county adjusted property tax base,square miles in the county,
<br /> and per capita income. In 2014-15,low-wealth eligible counties
<br /> received total low-wealth supplemental funding ranging from
<br /> $10,618 to$17.3 million. Per-student dollars ranged from$9
<br /> (Graham)to$734(Robeson).
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<br /> WIDENING SPENDING GAP to those county school systems with average daily membership
<br /> (ADM) less than 3,200.City school districts are not eligible for
<br /> this funding. If a school district becomes ineligible due to an ADM
<br /> greater than 3,200,the funding will be phased out over 5 years.
<br /> Martin and Anson counties were in the first year of phase-out
<br /> and received 80%of their 2013-14 allotment. In 2014-15 eligible
<br /> 2,500 counties received between $1.17 and$1.67 million in small-county
<br /> supplemental funding. Per-student dollars ranged from $358
<br /> (Anson)to$3,048(Tyrrell).
<br /> 2,000 SPENDING DISPARITIES
<br /> ORANGE$4,734 CLAY$888
<br /> S4,000 COLUMBUS$775
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<br /> S3,000 GREENE$691
<br /> HOKE$524
<br /> $2,000 ROBESON$523
<br /> GRAHAM$514
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<br /> If the bottom seven counties'total current spending were combined,
<br /> The spending gap between the top ten-spending and bottom ten-spending they would still only spend$6 more per child than Orange County
<br /> counties has grown from$1,094 in 1997 to$2,316 in 2015. spends by itself.
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