Full text of Leandro Order 04-14-2023 issued by Judge James Ammons.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
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- Based on the Supreme Court’s remand order, this Court is “narrowly” tasked with “recalculating the amount of funds to be transferred in light of the State’s 2022 Budget.”
- Based on the Court’s review of analyses provided to it by the OSBM and the FRD, the testimony of Mr. Matteson and Ms. Grozav, and the arguments and submissions of the parties, the Court concludes that the underfunding of the action items called for in Years 2 and 3 of the CRP on a per‐entity basis are as follows:
- a. Recalculated to $133,900,000.00 from $142,900,000.00 for CRP components administered through the DHHS as previously calculated in the April 2022 Order;
- b. Recalculated to $509,701,707.00 from $608,006,248.00 for CRP components administered through the DPI as previously calculated in the April 2022 Order and;
- c. $34,200,000.00 [no recalculation required from the April 2022 Order] for CRP components administered through the UNC System.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED
1. That the underfunding of the action items called for in Years 2 and 3 of the CRP on a per-entity basis are as follows:
- a. Programs for which DHHS is responsible: $133,900,000.00;
- b. Programs for which DPI is responsible: $509,701,707.00; and
- c. Programs for which the UNC System is responsible: $34,200,000.00.