1	North Carolina Education Lottery Proposed Construction Formula Changes
2	Current System 65% Based upon Average Daily Membership (ADM) of LEA 35% Based upon County’s Effective Tax Rate 50 Counties Earn more Under Current Formula for 2007-2008 academic year
3	2007-2008 Current Formula by County
4	New Proposal 65% Based upon ADM 17.5% Based upon ADM Growth 17.5% Based upon Low Wealth Formula 61 Counties earn more under New Formula Compared to Current 7 Counties see no difference in funding amount By comparison to current formula for 2007-2008 academic year
5	2007-2008 New Proposal vs. Current Formula
6	New Formula Changes New Formula will automatically adjust to increases or decreases in ADM regardless of county’s tax situation New Formula puts a premium on actual growth of school as opposed to other general factors affecting a county
7	Population Growth
8	North Carolina Growth Statistics 7.9% Population Growth 24.7% of Population under 18 Fastest Growing Counties Camden Union Currituck Brunswick Hoke Counties with Negative Growth Bertie Craven Edgecombe Halifax Hyde Jones Lenoir Martin Northampton Pamlico Warren Washington Watauga
9	Distribution and Growth*
10	Negative Growth Counties Receiving 100% 8 Counties Bertie Edgecombe Halifax Jones Lenoir Martin Northampton Washington By comparison to current formula for 2007-2008 academic year
11	Positive Growth Counties Receiving 100% 43 Counties Anson Cabarrus Caswell Chatham Cleveland Columbus Cumberland Davie Duplin Durham Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Granville Greene Guilford Harnett Hertford Hoke By comparison to current formula for 2007-2008 academic year Johnston Lee Mecklenburg Nash Orange Person Pitt Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Tyrell Union Vance Wayne Wilson Yadkin
12	Positive Growth Counties Receiving 65% 45 Counties Alamance Alexander Alleghany Ashe Avery Beaufort Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Caldwell Camden Carteret Catawba Cherokee Chowan Clay Currituck Dare Davidson Graham Haywood Henderson Iredell Jackson Lincoln Macon Madison McDowell Mitchell Montgomery Moore New Hanover Onslow Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Polk Randolph Rutherford Swain Transylvania Wake Wilkes Yancey
13	Negative Growth Counties Receiving 65% 5 Counties Craven Hyde Pamlico Warren Watauga By comparison to current formula for 2007-2008 academic year
14	Eastern North Carolina Population 29% of State’s Population 25.5% of Population under 18 5.48% Population Growth Fastest Growing Counties Camden Currituck Brunswick Hoke Counties with Negative Population Growth Bertie Craven Edgecombe Halifax Hyde Jones Lenoir Martin Northampton Pamlico Washington
15	Piedmont Population 60.5% of State’s Population 24.89% of Population under 18 9.7% Population Growth Fastest Growing Counties Union Wake Franklin Counties with Negative Population Growth Warren
16	Western North Carolina Population 10.46% of State’s Population 21% of Population under 18 4.26% Population Growth Fastest Growing Counties Clay Macon Jackson Counties with Negative Population Growth Watauga
17	Sources for Statistics ADM based upon 2007 Attendance 2007 Population Projections 2007 Lottery Disbursement
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