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Five members of the Wake County School Board were sworn in last night. The board majority is now in the hands of Democrats, after two years of Republican…
The remaining $130 million to North Carolina includes funds for English language learners, teacher training, and migrant students. This comes after the U.S. Department of Education froze $6.8 billion to schools nationwide, and 24 states including NC sued.
State education officials received a memo that certain federal funds schools receive each July are frozen. See how much funding is affected at each NC district or charter school.
Several Wake County parents and public commenters appeared at last week's school board meeting to argue for or against Rolesville High's grant application request.
Even after requesting $40 million more in county funding, the district's proposed budget would make more than $18 million in cuts and spend down its rainy day fund.
A committee of the Wake County Public Schools Board of Education approved a draft policy on Tuesday that would limit student cellphone use during the school day. The discussion comes as lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly are working on a possible statewide ban.