State Reps. Jason Saine, center, R-Lincoln, and Brenden Jones, R-Columbus, speak with Rep. Destin Hall, left, R-Caldwell, who was presiding over the House, during floor debate on the chamber’s budget in the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, June 19, 2024. After a lengthy debate and some flared tempers, the budget was approved in a 73-36 vote. North Carolina state Rep.
Senate leader Phil Berger has threatened to tell senators to go home if House counterparts don’t accept their preferred changes by the close of the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. Berger’s office late Wednesday released a significantly trimmed-down $31.4 billion spending plan. House Democrats who spoke attacked the budget bill, particularly for the private-school scholarships that they’ve opposed for years and for the lack of even more child care funds they say are needed to keep the centers open. They accused Republicans of using much of the state’s revenue overcollections for the vouchers, instead of using it for traditional public schools where teachers are underpaid and classrooms underfunded.
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