Financial and Business Services

School Business manages approximately $11 billion in state and federal funds and provides various technical support services to School Districts/Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Independent Public Schools (IPS - charters, lab schools, and regional schools), their employees, and other public school stakeholders.

Keep up to date with us through our Newsletters, the What's New section below, and our topic pages in the navigation bar to the right. 

School Business Systems Information for New Finance Officers and Staff - Please follow this link to our Finance Office Guides heading to find our summary of key operating systems.

What's New

FY2024-25 Budget Planning

Legislative Materials

The Governor released his budget recommendations for the General Assembly's consideration in April. You can find those posted on the Office of State Budget and Management's (OSBM) website. The Short-Session of the General Assembly convened officially in April as well. They will consider changes to the biennial budget during this session. As we find out more information we will provide updates here.

State Planning

FY25 ADM Change Summary - Updated May 1, 2024

Low Wealth Related
LEA Per Pupil Expense (PPE) for FY22-23 

Please be aware there is an anomaly in our per pupil expenditure report that is causing an issue for some LEAs related to the comparison between per pupil expenditure data with and without child nutrition included. DPI is aware of the issue and is investigating a solution. Please keep this mind when using these data in budget planning.

The Per Pupil Expenses have been loaded in the North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile Website. 
The following PPE information can be located under the Financial Information Section:

  • Table 23 - comparison of Per Pupil Expenditures Current Expense Expenditures Only,
  • Table 24 - Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking (Child Nutrition Included) and
  • Table 25 - Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking (Child Nutrition Excluded)

Other Data and Guidance

Overtime Exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
COVID Funds 
  • Expenditure and Allotments Data spreadsheet and Data Visualization as of March 31, 2024 (updated monthly, see the SBS COVID webpage)
  • ESSER Prepayment - North Carolina has revisited its stance on allowing pre-payment of subscriptions and software licenses. Prepayment of subscriptions and software licensing will be allowed with ESSER III funds. Prepayment can extend through the 2025-26 school year, not extending beyond June 30, 2026. If you have any questions regarding prepayment, please contact your regional federal program administrator. Additional guidance will be provided in the Frequently Asked Fiscal Questions Related to ESSER and GEER, Includes Construction Related Questions.

Contact Information

Tab/Accordion Items

School Business Senior Director: Jennifer Bennett
School Allotments: Kristie Weber, Section Chief
School Reporting: Gwendolyn Tucker, Section Chief
Monitoring & Compliance: Shirley McFadden, Section Chief

School Business manages state and federal funds that are allotted to LEAs and IPSs. We collect, compile and analyze public school financial, student and personnel data. We provide support to LEA and ISP financial offices and monitor compliance with state and federal laws.

Who We Are - School Business  April 2021

Phone Number: 984-236-2440

Mailing Address:
School Business
Department of Public Instruction
6336 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6336

2023-2024 List of NC LEAs (school systems) including Independent Public Schools and other Educational Entities

LEA contact information, including Superintendents, Finance Officers, Personnel Administrators, & Principals can be found in EDDIE. Use the LEA Personnel Report (located under the Reports Menu) to obtain all LEAs, or use the Search or Selection boxes to navigate to an individual LEA or school. For help with LEA or school information and creating mailing labels or reports, please go to the EDDIE Information page.

Independent Public Schools (Charter, Laboratory, Regional) contact information is in EDDIE. Charter schools can also be found on the Office of Charter Schools website: Charter School Contacts.