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Schools Seek To Plug Budget Holes

School districts are looking at every option to find funding for next year. This summer, a federal stimulus funding package ends, and could lead to teacher layoffs.

Dave DeWitt: Not every school district has what Wake County has a rainy day fund. Now, school board members are considering using a good chunk of the $35 million or so that’s in it to save 500 teacher jobs.

Superintendent Tony Tata proposed the idea. He defended it at a Wake School Board meeting yesterday. He is also asking the school board to request about $9 million more from the county commissioners.

Other school districts across the state also face a funding cliff this summer. Not only is the federal stimulus money going away, but the state legislature requires districts to give back a certain amount of what they get from the state in the form of so-called reversions.

Governor Bev Perdue is calling for a three-quarters of a cent increase in the state sales tax to cover the cuts to education.

Dave DeWitt is WUNC's Supervising Editor for Politics and Education. As an editor, reporter, and producer he's covered politics, environment, education, sports, and a wide range of other topics.
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