Some NC colleges and universities fare well in budget proposal. Others lose out.

RALEIGH -- The Republican budget would provide a 1.9 percent increase in operating money for the UNC system, including several big-ticket items for UNC-Chapel Hill's medical programs and an environmental policy arm.

The N.C. Community College System budget would result in a 3.8 percent spending increase, including almost $15 million in short-term workforce training. Though the system's enrollment has fallen, community colleges would receive $1.8 million in one-time funding to offset student declines related to Hurricane Matthew.

The budget plan was approved by the Senate in an initial vote Wednesday.

Both systems would receive pots of money to use for employee raises, along with the flexibility to award them on a merit basis and not across-the-board. The UNC system would get $20 million for pay increases, and the community colleges would get $24 million.

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