755 million—amount in dollars of the increase in education funding in the budget proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper (2017 – 19 Governor’s Recommended Budget, Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 257, Appropriations Act of 2017, as passed by the Senate; Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 257, Appropriations Act of 2017, as passed by the House)
406 million—amount in dollars of the increase in education funding in budget passed by the House (Ibid)
408 million—amount in dollars of the increase in education funding in budget passed by the Senate (Ibid)
5—percentage average teacher pay increase next year in the budget proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper (Ibid)
3.7—percentage average teacher pay increase next year in the budget passed by the Senate (Ibid)
3.3— percentage average teacher pay increase next year in the budget passed by the House (Ibid)
3—minimum percentage pay increase for every teacher next year in the budget proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper (Ibid)
0—percentage increase for starting teachers next year in the budget proposed by passed by the Senate (Ibid)
0—percentage increase for teachers next year with more than 25 years experience in the budget passed by the Senate (Ibid)
0.8— percentage increase for starting teachers next year in the budget proposed by passed by the House (Ibid)
0.6—percentage increase for the most veteran teachers in the budget passed by the House (Ibid)
150—amount in dollars of the supply stipend provided for all classroom teachers in budget proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper to help offset out of pocket expenses (Ibid)
0—amount in dollars of the supply stipend provided for all classroom teachers in budget passed by the House (Ibid)
0— amount in dollars of the supply stipend provided for all classroom teachers in budget passed by the Senate (Ibid)
20 million—amount in dollars of flexible funding for schools for school nurses, teaching assistants, and behavioral support staff in budget proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper (Ibid)
0—amount in dollars of flexible funding for schools for school nurses, teaching assistants, and behavioral support staff in budget passed by the House (Ibid)
0— amount in dollars of flexible funding for schools for school nurses, teaching assistants, and behavioral support staff in budget passed by the Senate (Ibid)
839 million—amount in dollars of the cost of the tax cut in the budget passed by the Senate (“New analysis: Most of NC senate’s “middle class” tax cut would actually flow to the wealthy,” Progressive Pulse, April 3, 2017)
366 million—amount in dollars of the cost of the tax cut in the budget passed by the House (“Six amendments, six funerals, and one lackluster House budget, Progressive Pulse, June 12, 2017)
20,000—amount in dollars of the total tax break received by millionaires since 2013 if the tax cuts proposed by the Senate budget is enacted (“Four big problems with the NC Senate’s latest tax cut proposal,” Progressive Pulse, March 21, 2017)
2.8 billion—amount in dollars of the cost to the state of the tax cuts since 2013 (“The Cost Of Trickle-Down Economics For North Carolina, N.C Budget & Tax Center, May 2017)
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