- $225 million cut for grades 4-12 with local officials deciding how to cut without changing the average class size for grades K-3
- $48 million cut by delaying math textbook purchases in grades 6-12. Next year: moratorium on all new textbooks expected (will save $115.4 million)
- $38.3 million cut by eliminating funding to help students who perform poorly on certain statewide tests
- $12 million cut by eliminating 200 literacy coaches
- $14 million cut, but does not affect programs involving retraining unemployed workers
- $72.9 million cut for universities by targeting senior & middle management, centers and institutes, low-enrollment degree programs, faculty workload, speaker series and institutional trust fund
- In-state & out-of-state tuition increased by either $200 or 8%, whichever is the lower amount, at all UNC institutions (will raise $34.8 million)
- Reduce funding to university centers & institutes by $13.7 million for specific campuses
- $12.9 million cut - eliminated 350 positions within the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
- Reduced funding for local mental health, substance abuse and physical disability service providers by $40 million
- Reduce funding to help counties administer public assistance programs by $5.5 million
- Eliminate 70 vacant positions in the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (will save $3.4 million)
- Clean Water Management Trust Fund will be cut by $50 million each year for 2 years
- Dept. of Commerce must sell the state's King Air plane and reduce all costs associated with operating it, including a pilot position, to save $148,000 this year and $296,000 next year
- Eliminate 187 Department of Correction positions by cutting $8.1 million
- Close 7 small prisons (will save $8.4 million this year and $22.3 million next year)
- Increase SBI Crime Lab fee assessed on convicted criminals from $300 to $600. Impaired-driving cases make up the bulk of the money generated by the fee. (will raise $195,000 year this year)
- Cut $4.8 million by eliminating 27 work crews that provided free labor to state and local governments
- Individual income surcharge of 2% on married couples whose taxable income is between $100,000 and $250,000 and 3% on married couples with a taxable income of $250,000. (will raise $172.8 million)
- 3% surcharge on the profit tax paid by corporations (will raise $23.1 million)
- 1 cent sales tax increase (will raise $803.5 million)
- Sales tax on digital downloads and Internet purchases (will raise $11.8 million)
- 10 cents tax for cigarettes, 2.8% tax increase for other tobacco products, 5 cents tax increase for a six-pack of beer, 4 cents tax for a bottle of wine and 5% more per bottle of liquor (will raise $68.8 million)
- Marriage license fee increase from $50 to $60
- Bail bondsmen license increase from $100 to $200
- Fees paid by HMOs to operate increase from $250 to $500
- Child care licensing fees increase from $35 to $52 for small operations and from $400 to $600 for the largest facilities
- Convicted criminals who have a court-appointed lawyer will be charged a $50 appointment fee
- Defendants who fail to appear at court will pay $200 instead of $100
- Convicted criminals whose cases included SBI Lab testing would have to pay $600
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