(The items in this edition of Monday numbers are from “2017 Fiscal Year Budget Falls Short of Being a Visionary Plan for North Carolina’s Economic Future: Lawmakers Double Down on Tax Breaks, Set Limited Aspirations,” a report published by the N.C. Budget & Tax Center in July)
22.34 billion—amount in dollars appropriated in the 2016-2017 budget passed by the General Assembly this year and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory
2.8—percentage increase in spending in this year’s budget over the 2015-2016 budget passed by the General Assembly
3.9—percentage decline in state budget investments in the 2016-2017 budget compared to the 2007-2008 budget when adjusted for inflation
5.1—percentage of overall state economy represented by total spending in the 2016-2017 budget
6.1—average percentage of spending in annual budgets over the last 45 years as a percentage of overall state economy
114.1 million—amount in net dollars of the cost of additional tax changes in the 2016-2017 budget
1.4 billion—amount in dollars in lost revenue for the state next year thanks to tax cuts made in recent General Assembly sessions
20.3 million—amount in dollars of additional sales taxes that consumers will pay next year thanks to an expansion of the state sales tax to more than 40 new services
1.325 million—amount in dollars of the increase in the 2016-2017 budget for NC PreK
260—number of additional at-risk children that will have access to NC PreK thanks to additional funding
29,400—total number of children that will be served by the NC PreK in the 2016-2017 budget
34,876—number of children served by NC PreK in 2009
7,260—number of children on the waiting list for NC PreK last year
1.325 million—amount in dollars of additional funding for child care subsidies in the 2016-2017 budget
260—number of additional children who will have access to child care subsidies this year thanks to the additional funding
20,350—number of children on the waiting list for a child care subsidy
8.4 billion—amount that the 2016-2017 spends on K-12 public schools
1.5—percentage increase in education spending over last year’s budget
2.9—percentage decrease in education spending in current budget compared to 2008 when adjusted for inflation
8.1—decline in per-pupil K-12 spending since 2008 when adjusted for inflation
14.7—percentage decline in state funding per student for the UNC system in the 2016-2017 budget compared to 2008
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