There’s no shortage of paper coming out of the N.C. General Assembly, as legislators work on putting together the next fiscal year’s state budget. Here, we collect documents to help you understand and follow the debate. All are PDFs, unless otherwise noted.

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Background:
Our State, Our Money: A Citizen’s Guide to the North Carolina Budget
North Carolina budget data, over time
A listing of boards and commissions with the N.C. General Assembly

The current budget, fiscal year 2010-2011:

• Summary of recommendations, 2009-2011
• Education
• General government
• Health and Human Services
• Justice and Public Safety
• Natural and Economic Resources
• Transportation

More on the projected budget shortfall:
The original calculations, pointing to a $3.7 billion gap: “General Fund Revenue and Budget Outlook FY 2011-12”

The projected current budget:
Gov. Bev Perdue’s current budget proposal:
Overall
Office of State Budget and Management Summary (PowerPoint)

Line-item documents:

• Education
• General Government
• Health and Human Services
• Justice and Public Safety
• Natural and Economic Resources
• Transportation

Go here for Gov. Bev Perdue’s 2011-2013 budget proposal, in Excel spreadsheets

N.C. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee recommendations

Memos and reports on jobs and the projected budget:
Memo to state departments, institutions and agencies about upcoming budget cuts
Memo to CFOs of state departments, except the Department of Health and Human Services and the University regarding position counts
North Carolina Innovation Council

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Documents: the N.C. state budget, memos and background

by Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press
March 7, 2011

<h1>Documents: the N.C. state budget, memos and background</h1> <p class="byline">by Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press <br />March 7, 2011</p> <p>There’s no shortage of paper coming out of the N.C. General Assembly, as legislators work on putting together the next fiscal year’s state budget. Here, we collect documents to help you understand and follow the debate. All are PDFs, unless otherwise noted.</p> <p>Note: <em>Some Adobe Acrobat PDF files are large and may take some time to download and display on your computer system. You may also need the latest version of the Acrobat Reader for some documents to display properly. Download this free reader by clicking <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">here</a></em>.</p> <p><strong>Background:</strong><br /> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Citizen_Guide_to_Budget.pdf">Our State, Our Money: A Citizen’s Guide to the North Carolina Budget </a><br /> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/historical_budget_data.pdf">North Carolina budget data, over time </a><br /> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Boards-and-Commissions-for-the-Legislature.pdf">A listing of boards and commissions with the N.C. General Assembly</a></p> <p><strong>The current budget, fiscal year 2010-2011:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bgt0911summary.pdf">Summary of recommendations, 2009-2011 </a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010-2011NCbudget_education.pdf">Education </a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010-2011NCbudget_gengovt.pdf">General government </a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010-2011NCbudget_healthhumanserv.pdf">Health and Human Services </a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010-2011NCbudgetjusticepubsafety.pdf">Justice and Public Safety</a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010-2011NCbudgetnaturalresources.pdf">Natural and Economic Resources</a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010-2011NCbudgettransportation.pdf">Transportation</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>More on the projected budget shortfall:</strong><br /> The original calculations, pointing to a $3.7 billion gap: <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010_House-Briefing_12-14-10FINAL.pdf">“General Fund Revenue and Budget Outlook FY 2011-12”</a></p> <p><strong>The projected current budget:</strong><br /> Gov. Bev Perdue’s current budget proposal:<br /> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/budget2011-13_web_corrected.pdf">Overall </a><br /> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2011_OSBMBudgetSummary.ppt">Office of State Budget and Management Summary (PowerPoint) </a></p> <p>Line-item documents:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/budget1113_education_lineitem.pdf">Education</a></li> <li> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/budget1113_gengov_lineitem.pdf">General Government </a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/budget1113_hhs_lineitem.pdf">Health and Human Services </a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/budget1113_justice_lineitem.pdf">Justice and Public Safety </a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/budget1113_ner_lineitem.pdf">Natural and Economic Resources </a></li> <li><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/budget1113_transportation_lineitem.pdf">Transportation </a></li> </ul> <p><a title="Databases: Gov. Bev Perdue’s N.C. budget proposal" href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/837/databases-gov-bev-perdue%e2%80%99s-n-c-budget-proposal/ ">Go here</a> for Gov. Bev Perdue’s 2011-2013 budget proposal, in Excel spreadsheets</p> <p><a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/FY-2011-13-Subcommittee-Targets2.pdf">N.C. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee recommendations</a></p> <p><strong>Memos and reports on jobs and the projected budget:</strong><br /> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/memo20100902_FY2011-13BudgetReductionOptions.pdf">Memo to state departments, institutions and agencies about upcoming budget cuts </a><br /> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/memo20101115_SalaryPositionCount.pdf">Memo to CFOs of state departments, except the Department of Health and Human Services and the University regarding position counts </a><br /> <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Innovation_Council_Initial_Recommendations.pdf">North Carolina Innovation Council</a></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org/834/documents-the-n-c-state-budget-memos-and-background/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org">Carolina Public Press</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-cropped-CPPlogo_icon_RGB.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://carolinapublicpress.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=834&ga=G-45T85MYXXN" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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