North Carolina Education Lottery raises half billion dollars to repair public schools

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) – Damaged public schools across the state are to receive funding from the North Carolina Education Lottery after two years of raising over $1 billion.

The Education Lottery has announced that for the second year in a row it has raised more than $1 billion over the 2024 fiscal year. Over half of that will help rebuild and repair damaged public schools across the state.

In the release, the allocation of the funding will coincide with the N.C. General Assembly’s state budget as additional funds for North Carolinian public schools.

“New schools help to move North Carolina students forward,” said Mark Michalko, the lottery executive director. “All across our state, parents and educators are sharing stories with us about the impact of the new schools. They say the new schools and classrooms create spaces where students are excited to come to school every day.”

One of the six highlighted schools that have already received help from the lottery was the Wilson Academy of Applied Technology in Wilson County.

The rest of the raised funds will go to support other facets of education, says the lottery. Some examples were college scholarships, school system costs for staff and transportation, and affordable Pre-K programs.

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