The NC Senate released its proposed budget this week. In its pages the following search terms were used to find the frequency at which they were used.
- “school” – 953 times
- “teachers” – 127
- “EVAAS” – 25
- “achievement” – 14
- “teacher salary” – 12
- “teacher assistant” – 1
- “graduate degree” – 0
- “hurricane” – 13
- “Teaching Fellows” – 2
- “minimum wage” – 1
- “Medicaid Expansion” – 0
- “tax” – 452
- “bonus” – 80
- “test” – 76
- “advanced teaching roles” – 22
- “public school” – 128
- “curriculum” – 14
- “poverty” – 13
- “Virtual e-wallet” – 1
- “vendor” – 11
- “charter school” – 26
- “low-income” – 10
- “food” – 4
- “subcommittee” – 24
- “Department of Public Instruction” – 55
- “bus driver” – 0
- “gun” – 1
- “firearm” – 0
- “school safety” – 18
- “Superintendent of Public Instruction” – 21
- “tuition” – 66
- “raise” – 15
- “lunch” – 7
- “calendar flexibility” – 0
- “pilot” – 70
