The Class of 2023 was shortchanged $6,855 after the NC General Assembly slow walked restoration of per pupil expenditure to pre-Great Recession levels while slashing corporate income taxes and bragging about budget “surpluses” built on the backpacks of NC students.
Assuming a 20:1 student to teacher ratio, that’s $137,000 per CLASSROOM over the last 12 years.
What more would your local school have if the General Assembly prioritized promptly restoring per pupil expenditure instead of cutting corporate taxes?
Source: NC DPI Statistical Profile Table 24 adjusted to August 2022 dollars
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