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Governor Cooper released his budget this week. In his recommendations, there are clear investments in North Carolina’s workforce. This includes pay and benefit increases as well as additional flexibility to hire qualified personnel.
The Governor’s budget is the first official step in the long budget process. Next, the House budget chairs will meet behind closed doors to complete their version of the budget. Once that version is released and passed, the Senate will work on creating and passing the third version. Then, the two chambers will appoint conferees to work on a final version, also known as the conference report.
Below is a summary of the budget provisions from the Governor’s recommended budget that impact DPS. Recurring funding is indicated by (R) and Non-recurring funding by (NR). Additional positions are indicated by FTE.
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