North Carolina SB 257: 2026 Appropriations Act.

Status: Filed (as of 2025-03-10)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: SB 257

Subjects: ADAP; ADMIN. 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TELEPHONES; TELESERVICES; TESTING; TEXTBOOK COMN.; TEXTBOOKS; TIMBER; TIRES; TITLES; TOBACCO; TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION DEPT.; TRIBES & TRIBAL GOVERNMENT; TSERS; TSERS BOARD; TUITION; UNC; UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UTILITIES; UTILITIES COMN.; VETERANS; VICTIMS RIGHTS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WAREHOUSING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES; WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.; WOMEN; WORK SAFETY; WORKERS COMPENSATION; ZOOS; LOTTERY COMN.; LOTTERY FUND; DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; BRUNSWICK COUNTY; COLUMBUS COUNTY; WAKE COUNTY; RECORDS; HIGHWAY FUND; SAMPSON COUNTY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; PAMLICO COUNTY; RALEIGH; FORSYTH COUNTY; FAIR BLUFF; WINSTON-SALEM; SUICIDE; TAXES, STATE BOARD OF; EDUCATIONAL TESTING; ELECTIONS; ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF; ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EMINENT DOMAIN; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERS & ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS BOARD; ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; 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GOVERNOR; MAGISTRATES; MANAGED CARE; MANUFACTURING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL BOARD; MEDICAL EXAMINERS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEMBERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITIES; MINORS; MORATORIUMS; MOTOR VEHICLES; MOTORCYCLES & MOPEDS; MUNICIPALITIES; NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS; NURSES & NURSING; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONS; ORGANIZED LABOR; PARKS & RECREATION AREAS; PAROLE COMN.; PAROLE & PROBATION; PARTNERSHIPS; PERSONNEL; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROGRAMS; PLANNING & ZONING; POLLUTION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESENTED; PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE; PRINCIPALS; PRISON LABOR; INMATES; PRIVACY; PRIVATE SCHOOLS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION; PROPERTY; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; PURCHASING; RAILROAD BOARD; RAILROADS; RATIFIED; REAL ESTATE; REAL ESTATE COMN.; RECREATION & LEISURE; RECYCLING; RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS; REPORTING; REPORTS; RESEARCH; RESCUE SQUADS; RESOLUTIONS

Sponsors: Jackson, Hise, Lee, Sanderson

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2026-41
SENATE BILL 257

*S257-v-8*
AN ACT TO MAKE BASE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS
OF STATE AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, AND INSTITUTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. TITLE AND INTRODUCTION

TITLE OF ACT
SECTION 1.1. This act shall be known as the "Current Operations Appropriations
Act of 2026."

INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1.2. The appropriations made in this act are for maximum amounts
necessary to provide the services and accomplish the purposes described in the budget in
accordance with the State Budget Act. Savings shall be effected where the total amounts
appropriated are not required to perform these services and accomplish these purposes, and the
savings shall revert to the appropriate fund at the end of each fiscal year, except as otherwise
provided by law.

PART II. CURRENT OPERATIONS AND EXPANSION/GENERAL FUND

GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
SECTION 2.1.(a) Appropriations from the General Fund for the budgets of the State
departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes, as enumerated, are made for the
2026-2027 fiscal year, according to the following schedule:

Current Operations - General Fund FY 2026-2027

EDUCATION
North Carolina Community College System
Requirements 2,377,387,825
Less: Receipts 517,764,731
Net Appropriation 1,859,623,094

Department of Public Instruction
Requirements 15,644,285,634
Less: Receipts 3,143,924,416
Net Appropriation 12,500,361,218

Eastern NC School for the Deaf
Requirements 12,518,679
Less: Receipts 1,136,162

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Net Appropriation 11,382,517

Governor Morehead School
Requirements 11,850,015
Less: Receipts 268,112
Net Appropriation 11,581,903

NC School for the Deaf
Requirements 14,055,368
Less: Receipts 1,199,400
Net Appropriation 12,855,968

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
NC School of Science and Mathematics
Requirements 49,107,483
Less: Receipts 3,866,717
Net Appropriation 45,240,766

NC State University - Academic Affairs
Requirements 1,052,919,903
Less: Receipts 482,308,834
Net Appropriation 570,611,069

NC State University - Ag. Research
Requirements 83,589,800
Less: Receipts 20,124,784
Net Appropriation 63,465,016

NC State University - Coop. Extension
Requirements 67,417,787
Less: Receipts 20,874,550
Net Appropriation 46,543,237

North Carolina Central University
Requirements 153,904,790
Less: Receipts 55,332,154
Net Appropriation 98,572,636

NC A&T University
Requirements 274,609,534
Less: Receipts 101,266,524
Net Appropriation 173,343,010

UNC at Asheville
Requirements 73,336,418
Less: Receipts 22,235,324
Net Appropriation 51,101,094

UNC at Chapel Hill - Academic Affairs
Requirements 854,417,482
Less: Receipts 456,319,558

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Net Appropriation 398,097,924

UNC at Chapel Hill - Area Health Ed.
Requirements 56,855,450
Less: Receipts 10,000,000
Net Appropriation 46,855,450

UNC at Chapel Hill - Health Affairs
Requirements 390,135,573
Less: Receipts 140,736,020
Net Appropriation 249,399,553

UNC at Charlotte
Requirements 527,139,845
Less: Receipts 193,055,102
Net Appropriation 334,084,743

UNC at Greensboro
Requirements 309,110,059
Less: Receipts 104,122,976
Net Appropriation 204,987,083

UNC at Pembroke
Requirements 115,288,721
Less: Receipts 19,814,868
Net Appropriation 95,473,853

UNC at Wilmington
Requirements 350,377,159
Less: Receipts 133,137,430
Net Appropriation 217,239,729

UNC BOG - Aid to Private Institutions
Requirements 3,459,300
Less: Receipts 0
Net Appropriation 3,459,300

UNC BOG - Institutional Programs
Requirements 569,302,552
Less: Receipts 125,580,660
Net Appropriation 443,721,892

UNC BOG - Related Ed. Programs
Requirements 1,145,513,992
Less: Receipts 212,180,487
Net Appropriation 933,333,505

UNC School of the Arts
Requirements 58,876,330
Less: Receipts 16,904,167
Net Appropriation 41,972,163

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UNC System Office
Requirements 56,638,010
Less: Receipts 6,539,916
Net Appropriation 50,098,094

Western Carolina University
Requirements 200,233,223
Less: Receipts 35,643,773
Net Appropriation 164,589,450

Elizabeth City State University
Requirements 55,875,597
Less: Receipts 7,362,050
Net Appropriation 48,513,547

Fayetteville State University
Requirements 108,437,643
Less: Receipts 18,850,653
Net Appropriation 89,586,990

East Carolina Univ. - Academic Affairs
Requirements 453,446,645
Less: Receipts 179,318,884
Net Appropriation 274,127,761

East Carolina Univ. - Health Affairs
Requirements 124,705,025
Less: Receipts 14,708,326
Net Appropriation 109,996,699

Appalachian State University
Requirements 358,921,568
Less: Receipts 149,058,973
Net Appropriation 209,862,595

Winston-Salem State University
Requirements 93,743,876
Less: Receipts 25,000,103
Net Appropriation 68,743,773

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Aging
Requirements 164,563,887
Less: Receipts 111,576,146
Net Appropriation 52,987,741

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