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
Key Statistical Information
Low Wealth Supplemental Funding - FY24-25 Planning Allotment vs. FY23-24 Initial Allotment - updated April 12, 2024
Low Wealth Supplemental Funding Calculator - updated April 16, 2024
LEA Per Pupil Expense (PPE) for FY22-23
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)
COVID Funds
- NCDHHS Cleaner Classrooms for Carolina Kids (CCCK) Program - ARPA Asbestos and Lead Paint Abatement Reimbursement
- Webinar - January 10, 2024
- Password: DcdHuHm2
- Presentation
- Program Website
- Webinar - January 10, 2024
- Expenditure and Allotments Data spreadsheet as of March 31, 2024
- Allotment and Expenditure Data Visualization through March 31, 2024
- Office of Learning Recovery Resources
- ESSER Funding Update - December 14, 2023
- ESSER Funding Cliff Toolkit - December 20, 2023
Real Property Status Report - All PSUs
Due November 30, 2023
Real Property Survey Link
Real Property Template Updated November 15, 2023
Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Parental Leave FAQ for IPS Only - November 2, 2023
- Paid Parental Leave Presentation August 2, 2023
- Parental Leave Employee Benefits Manual Updates August 2, 2023
- Draft Reimbursement Procedures to IPS for Classroom Substitutes Updated November 3, 2023
- Paid Parental Leave Substitute Reimbursement Form November 3, 2023
- Paid Parental Leave Substitute Reimbursement Form December 8, 2023
- Paid Parental Leave Substitute Reimbursement Form Presentation January 5, 2024
- Paid Parental Leave Substitute Reimbursement Form Webinar (Password: QnRVpqh8)January 5, 2024
Travel Subsistence Rate Revision Effective July 1, 2023
UERS Specifications and Required Implementation Date
ESSER Real Property Status Report
ESSER Projects Template
2023-24 Indirect Cost Rates for LEAs, Charter, Regional and Lab Schools
- 2024 LEA Indirect Cost Rates effective 07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024
- 2024 Charter School Indirect Cost Rates effective 07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024
- 2024 Regional and Lab School Indirect Cost Rates effective 07/01/2023 – 06/30/2024
- Fiscal Compliance and Reporting
Contact Information
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.