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Leadership Matters: North Carolina
North Carolina 1

Governor Bev Perdue(D)
State of the State Mentions Pre-K or Early Education: Yes

Proposed Percent Change3 Proposal3 Comments
-0.6% Decreases funding for More at Four by $1 million, for a total of $169.6 million.

The decrease is based on FY09 spending and will not affect level of services in FY10.

The governor also proposes reallocating state education lottery funds to other purposes. This move is expected to have no impact on pre-k but is reported to affect school construction.

Neighboring Governors' Proposals
State Proposed Percent Change
Georgia +3.8%
South Carolina -1.6%
Tennessee +.6%
Virginia2 +17.2%

 

1 FY10 is the first year of the biennium.
2 FY10 is the second year of the biennium.
3 Some pre-k program experienced mid-year cuts during FY09. Percentage change and proposed increases or decreases are based on final FY09 appropriations after cuts – if any – were made.
4 Based on budget address
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