There’s been a lot of talk recently about education funding in North Carolina. But if you want to know the truth about school budgets, there’s no better place to go than local superintendents. This video shows that superintendents across North Carolina know that there’s a problem.
The Republican-controlled General Assembly forced deep and unnecessary education cuts last year. One superintendent even called the cuts “a huge cancer in our budget.”
The General Assembly’s budget cut 5.8% (more than $459 million) from K-12 schools. After their budget, there are 915 fewer teachers than there were last year, more than 2,000 fewer teacher assistants than there were last year, and nearly 5,000 fewer overall jobs in education. Meanwhile, the number of students in our schools continues to grow.
And if we don’t act soon, things are going to get even worse next year. I will be releasing my full budget proposal soon, and the focus will be on Investing In Our Future. I hope you will join me in fighting for our children and their future.
Stay tuned for more details in the days and weeks ahead.