With the Wake County Board of Education now considering a budget for the state’s largest school system, the air is rife with talk about budget reductions and how Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) would be hardpressed to endure more layoffs. How did last year’s state budget impact WCPSS staffing? The listing below reflects personnel changes [...]
More Facts on Education Spending and Jobs
For those who disagree with the figures on public school spending in NCRealSolutions, here are a few facts to consider: $7.1 billion –State Appropriations for public education in 2010-11 (Source: Highlights of NC Public School Budget, 2011 p.1) $7.5 billion – State appropriations for public education in 2011-12 (Source: Highlights of NC Public School Budget, [...]
Tillis’ flip on Teaching Fellows turns heads.
“I am convinced it is a good program.” Those are the comments of House speaker Tom Tillis who raised the eye brows of conservatives last Friday when he said law makers were rethinking their decision to eliminate the Teaching Fellows program (See news article). Phasing out of the Teaching Fellows program was part of the [...]
Another look at DPI job loss numbers
Much is being made out of the DPI’s release of a document indicating that since 2008-09 North Carolina public schools have laid off about 6,100 individuals. The numbers are from surveys the agency sent to all 115 LEAs. Duplin and Guilford County Schools did not participate. While the numbers are what they are, I’m leery [...]
House Budget: SBE Controls Furloughs
The House budget includes a provision (See Section 29.16a of House Budget Bill ) which makes the State Board of Education – not local boards of education – responsible for administering policy on how furloughs are handled (See article) . The bill also includes nine provisions (Section 29.16 (f)) that detail which employees can be furloughed, how the [...]
