More Facts on Education Spending and Jobs

For those who disagree with the figures on public school spending in NCRealSolutions, here are a few facts to consider:

• $7.1 billion –State Appropriations for public education in 2010-11 (Source: Highlights of NC Public School Budget, 2011 p.1)
• $7.5 billion – State appropriations for public education in 2011-12 (Source: Highlights of NC Public School Budget, 2012, p.2)
• 915 – Number of public school teacher jobs lost in 2011-12 (Source: NC DPI School Personnel 2011-12 Table)
• 0.38 – The number of teachers the average public school lost as a result of the 2011-12 state budget.  (Source: Facts and Figures)
• 19% – Teacher job losses as a percentage of all public school job losses. (Source:  NC DPI School Personnel 2011-12 Table)
• 2,652 –Number of federal teacher jobs lost due to expiration of stimulus funding (Source: NC DPI School Personnel 2011-12 Table).
• 2,057 – Number of new state funded teacher positions in 2011-12  (Source: NC DPI School Personnel 2011-12 Table )
• 7,420 – Number of federal education jobs lost in 2011-12(Source: NC DPI School Personnel 2011-12 Table)
• 2,033 – Number of local education jobs lost in 2011-12 (Source: NC DPI School Personnel 2011-12 Table )
• 4,613 – Number of state-funded education jobs added in 2011-12 (Source: NC DPI School Personnel 2011-12 Table)
• 3 –  Number of years Governor Perdue and lawmakers have had to address issues raised by the end of federal stimulus funding (Source: Issue of Stimulus funding conditions raised in legislative briefings by Fiscal Research Division as early as February and May 2009).