Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation education policy analyst, reacts to comments from N.C. legislative leaders about education spending. Stoops disputes the notion that growth in state government spending should be attributed mostly to education needs. Stoops offered these remarks during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 302).
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State forecasts $1.4 billion budget surplus
The North Carolina General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division projects that while inflation and interest rates are still up, the state will have $400 million over in collections in the current fiscal year and $1 billion additional revenue coming into the state coffers in FY 2024-25.