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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wake County Schools is facing a projected $3 million budget shortfall that will likely require budget cuts this school year, district finance officials advised.
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Wake County commissioners have unanimously passed a $2 billion budget for the next fiscal year. It increases spending on public schools by $58 million.