Tracking the Cuts: The Dismantling of our Public Schools
The latest cuts to North Carolina’s public schools are in: Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools will lose 19.5 teaching positions, 14 teacher assistant positions, one instructional support position and $4,000 in funds used for the English as a Second Language program for 2013-14.
The district also will receive 78 percent less funding this year for text books and 50 percent less for classroom materials.
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank joins a growing list of school districts that have been forced to make difficult cuts as the 2013-14 school year approaches.
While the debate rages on about whether or not North Carolina’s General Assembly actually dealt public education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013-15 budget, NC Policy Watch is keeping a running tally of education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they open up for the 2013-14 academic year.
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School District Cuts
Buncombe County • 24 teacher assistants lost;
• Teacher assistants who remain will face reduced hours and days on the job.
—Black Mountain News
Cabarrus County • In May, the system laid off 129 teacher assistant positions; they have been able to restore only 22, resulting in a loss of 107 teacher assistants.
—The Hickory Record
Camden County • Camden will lose funding for six teaching positions and four teacher assistant positions;
• Superintendent Hawkins said he plans to fund his district’s teaching and teacher assistant positions that the state will not be paying for this year.
—The Daily Advance
THE REST OF THE LIST:
http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/tracking-the-cuts-the-dismantling-of-our-public-schools/
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