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