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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina Prohibits Economic Tiers in Education Funding and Modifies Capital Grant Matches
Last action · April 3, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Jordan Lopez and 13 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina prohibits State agencies from using county s to allocate education funds beginning July 1, 2025, while modifying eligibility and local match requirements for the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund. The legislation also mandates equal, recurring allocations per school for the starting in the 2025-2026 .
- North Carolina historically utilizes economic development tiers assigned by the Department of Commerce to help direct various state resources, grants, and funding adjustments to economically distressed counties. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
local school administrative units
Local school administrative units receive recurring cooperative innovative high school supplemental allotments in equal amounts per school and are subject to revised capital fund matching rules.
State agencies responsible for education fund allocation
State agencies are prohibited from utilizing county economic development tier designations when distributing education funds, grants, bond proceeds, or supplemental allotments.
eligible counties
Counties applying for grants under the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund must calculate their local match requirements based on new property value thresholds and poverty tract criteria.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 3, 2025HouseRef To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 3, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 2, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Removal of Economic Tiers from State Education Allocations
The legislation marks a significant policy shift by legally barring state education agencies from relying on Department of Commerce economic development tiers when distributing funds.
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Sources
www.ncleg.gov
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