Wake schools could face a 5 to 10 percent cut in funding from the state next year. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction presented its projected budget reductions to Wake County Schools at the Board of Education\u2019s work session Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The budget preview gives the school board an idea of what a 5 or 10 percent budget reduction could look like.<\/p>\n
The DPI\u2019s figures are representative of state funds and resources only, which account for about two-thirds of Wake\u2019s funding. The rest of the funds are allotted by the Wake County Board of Commissioners and in the past the county has often been able to pick up the slack in state funding.<\/p>\n
Board chair Ron Margiotta said, \u201cMaybe we\u2019ve been chasing the wrong rabbit,\u201d referring to the Board of Education asking the county for more funds instead of the state.<\/p>\n
In a supplemental part of the budget report, which was presented by the school\u2019s Chief Business Officer David Neter, North Carolina ranked 42nd in the country in per pupil spending.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s horrible!\u201d said board member Anne McLaurin. \u201cMr. Neter tells us we\u2019re already operating at our most efficient capacity,\u201d McLaurin added in reference to budget cuts over the past two years, which the DPI factored into Wake\u2019s budget reductions.<\/p>\n
Board member Keith Sutton pushed the board members to come to a consensus on where they\u2019d like to see North Carolina and particularly Wake County- which is in the bottom quarter of counties for per pupil spending in the state- on that list. Other board members resisted saying that moving up the list was an unlikely prospect, given the state\u2019s economic situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt appears to be several years down the road, before we\u2019ll see any recovery,\u201d said John Tedesco. \u201cThe economic crisis is having a ripple effect on county and state governments.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWould I like more money? Of course I would.\u201d continued Tedesco. Echoing the comments of the GOP-lead county commissioners, Tedesco said, \u201cHouseholds are reshaping their budgets and we need to be looking at being more effective before asking for more money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an extreme comment but these cuts will amount to academic genocide,\u201d said board member Kevin Hill. \u201cWe\u2019re going to hurt a generation of kids with this funding. I consider a generation to be a whole set of kids, K-12. To me this is abhorrent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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