NORTH CAROLINA POLICY SOLUTIONS 2024-25 I

Sure, the boat may continue to move forward, and indeed it may increase its speed if the force of the new engine is greater than the drag of the an- chor. [...] Implement the “Insko Rule.” To increase transparency and accountability, every special spend- ing provision asked for in the budget should be accompanied by the name or names of the legislators making the request. [...] » The corporate tax rate has been reduced from 6.9% in 2012, the highest in the Southeast, to the current rate of 2.5%, the lowest of any state that taxes corporate income. [...] One year after opening, charter schools are required to make efforts to ensure the population of the school “reason- ably reflect[s]” the racial and ethnic composition of the general popula- tion of the school district in which the charter school resides. [...] JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION NORTH CAROLINA POLICY SOLUTIONS 2024-25 // EDUCATION 39 EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE Declaring 2022 the “Year of the Workforce,” Truitt set out four priorities to promote greater alignment between the K-12 education system and workforce needs: preparing students for the workforce and cultivating the school-to-workforce pipeline; increasing access to postsecondary pathways lead.