Wake County Schools

Anticipating the law, many school boards passed policies last spring that now may need to be revised to include stricter language and consequences.

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.

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.

Wake County Schools’ Superintendent Robert Taylor unveiled a $2.28 billion proposed operating budget Tuesday, that includes nearly $19 million in cuts, along with a request for $40 million more in local funding.

The bill would study five districts with the most students in the state: Wake County Schools, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Guilford County Schools, Winston-Salem/Forsyth and Cumberland County Schools.

U.S. Department of Education funding cuts are affecting teacher recruitment in NC schools. Wake County educators say their program recruited teachers of all races and training was not DEI-focused.

A House committee approved a bill to require public schools to create policies that restrict students from using cell phones in class. A similar bill is also moving in the Senate.

Wake County Schools is facing a projected $3 million budget shortfall that will likely require budget cuts this school year, district finance officials advised.