The sign outside the N.C. Community College System building. Hannah McClellan/EducationNC
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The 2023-25 state budget, which passed on Sept. 22, included an unprecedented number of individual allocations to community colleges.
Those special budget allocations included more than $275 million over the biennium for health care related programs at 14 different colleges.
- $60 million nonrecurring to Gaston College for capital improvements or equipment at a health science education and simulation center.
- $39 million nonrecurring to Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute to assist with construction costs related to a new health science building.
- $30 million nonrecurring to Isothermal Community College for a new health sciences building.
- $30 million nonrecurring to Cape Fear Community College for health program capital improvements.
- $25.25 million nonrecurring to McDowell Technical Community College for a new health sciences and public safety complex.
- $21 million nonrecurring to Robeson Community College for capital improvements to the health career center.
- $20 million nonrecurring to Pamlico Community College for the construction of an allied health center.
- $15 million nonrecurring to Roanoke-Chowan Community College for the construction of a new health sciences building.
- $15 million nonrecurring to Sampson Community College for allied health care capital improvements.
- $12.5 million nonrecurring to College of The Albemarle for capital improvements or equipment for the nursing school.
- $3 million nonrecurring to Johnston Community College to expand the capacity of its nursing program.
- $2.5 million nonrecurring to Davidson-Davie Community College to support its health care programs.
- $2 million nonrecurring to Surry Community College to enter a memorandum of understanding with Northern Regional Hospital to employ up to eight licensed nursing educators to provide clinical instruction for the college.
- $1.5 million nonrecurring to Montgomery Community College for capital improvements related to its new dental hygienist program.
The budget also included $100 million nonrecurring in each year of the biennium for new construction and repairs of facilities at nearly two-thirds of the state’s community colleges.
Here’s a list of those allocations:
- $30 million nonrecurring to Wilson Community College to support the construction of a workforce training center. The budget also includes $4.2 million nonrecurring to the college for capital improvements or equipment.
- $25 million nonrecurring to Sandhills Community College for a new vocation career path early college high school. At full capacity, the new early college will be able to serve 400 students.
- $25 million nonrecurring to Brunswick Community College for workforce development center and public safety center capital projects.
- $20 million nonrecurring to Coastal Carolina Community College to complete construction of a math and science building.
- $17.025 million for capital improvements or equipment at Cleveland Community College.
- $17 million nonrecurring to Wayne Community College for capital improvements or equipment.
- $9 million for capital improvements or equipment at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. There is also $5.5 million for parking and sewer infrastructure for the North Campus.
- $1.869 million to Central Carolina Community College for improvements to the firefighting training facility. There is also $10.854 million for capital improvements or equipment related to manufacturing education buildings at the college.
- $12 million to Craven Community College for capital improvements or equipment at the public safety training center.
- $10 million nonrecurring to Southwestern Community College for capital improvements, including a new business development center and library.
- $13 million nonrecurring to Stanly Community College for capital improvements or equipment. The budget also allocates $8.25 million nonrecurring to the college for a basic law enforcement training building and associated road improvements.
- $11.35 million to Tri-County Community College “for multiple purposes, including the heavy equipment operator program.”
- $12.5 million to Southeastern Community College for capital improvements or equipment.
- $11.5 million to Vance-Granville Community College for an advanced manufacturing center and related equipment. There is also $3 million for capital improvements or equipment for the college’s transportation center.
- $10 million to Central Piedmont Community College for capital improvements or equipment for a fire safety training facility at the Merancas Campus in Huntersville.
- $9 million to Guilford Technical Community College to support its partnership with the North Carolina Federation of Advanced Manufacturing Education (NC FAME).
- $6.5 million to Mayland Community College to develop a YMCA in Spruce Pine, and $2 million to the Mayland Community College Foundation, Inc. for the Avery-Mitchell animal shelter.
- $6 million for capital improvements/equipment at Carteret Community College.
- $7 million nonrecurring to Cape Fear Community College for a new research vessel to replace the Cape Hatteras vessel, and $4 million nonrecurring for the Surf City campus expansion and related capital improvements or equipment.
- There is also $500,000 nonrecurring each year of the biennium to fund a partnership program between Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), New Hanover County Schools, and Pender County Schools “to meet the needs of certain underserved students in 7th through 9th grades through career and technical education programs at CFCC.” The funds will go toward programming costs and hiring career liaison positions.
- $5.5 million to Alamance Community College for capital improvements or equipment associated with a law enforcement training facility and indoor firing range. The budget also allocates $100,000 for student support grants, $750,000 for the Triad East Center for Advanced Technology (TECAT), and $500,000 for institutional and academic support services at the Dillingham Center campus.
- $5 million to Lenoir Community College for capital improvements or equipment, including an automotive systems technology, auto body and repair, and electric vehicle training facility.
- $5 million to Piedmont Community College for capital improvements or equipment for the advanced technology center.
- $4 million to James Sprunt Community College for a workforce development center and related capital improvements or equipment.
- $3 million for capital improvements or equipment at Randolph Community College .
- $3 million nonrecurring to Haywood Community College for job training programs that support the community following the closure of the Canton Mill. The budget includes an additional $3 million nonrecurring for renovations and improvements for a consolidated workforce and industrial training site.
- $3 million to South Piedmont Community College for inflationary capital needs for the aseptic training facility.
- $2.34 million to Blue Ridge Community College for capital improvements.
- $1.75 million to Richmond Community College for the Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence.
- $1 million to Johnston Community College for capital improvements or equipment at the STEAM building. There is also $500,000 for a drainage project and related capital or equipment.
- $1 million to Davidson-Davie Community College Foundation, Inc. for capital improvements, including construction of a regional training and distribution center.
- $1 million to Nash Community College for a workforce training center and related capital improvements.
- $750,000 to Edgecombe Community College for capital improvements or equipment.
- $650,000 nonrecurring to support Pamlico Community College’s prison education program.
- $50,000 to Robeson Community College for technology upgrades and related equipment.
