First pass on education section of NC Budget before Senate appropriations subcommittees.

  • Net K-12 savings: $615 million, 7.5%
  • Net CC savings: $12.7 million, 1.2%
  • Net UNC savings: $35 million, 1.2%

Some good news in K-12, including elimination of 300 positions at DPI by FY2011.

Prisoners no longer get free classes from community colleges. Customized training gets another $500,000 each year to subsidize businesses.

UNC system loses $70 million through a “management flexibility reduction” but funding of financial aid continues through Escheats Fund, the Kannapolis campus gets another $3 million recurring, and the School of Filmmaking at the School of the Arts gets another $1 million each year – half of it recurring. The Senate continues to lard up UNC.

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