North Carolina Legislative Outlook, 2007
It is likely to be a quiet year for education in the North Carolina legislature, primarily because education got a good bit of money last year and other pressing needs, such as mental health, loom large. Last year the state fully funded, for the first time, the low wealth fund that provides additional monies for designated low-wealth school districts; in addition, the state provided $50 million for the Disadvantaged Student Supplemental Fund (DSSF), which provides additional funding for low-income students. There is likely to be a push this year to add money to the DSSF. The influential non-profit group the Public School Forum issued a report that the state is neglecting high-achieving students and calls for the establishment of mini-high schools of math and science.