N. Carolina Schools Brace For Budget Crunch
Faced with the threat of a deepening budget crisis, North Carolina school leaders are bracing for what observers say could be the toughest test yet of the state's resolve to improve public education.
Legislators have asked state education officials to find ways to cut more than $125 million, or about 2.3 percent of the state allocation for public schools in the fiscal 2002 budget. While lawmakers have suggested that spending for materials and noninstructional positions be slashed first, officials and observers say the extent of the proposed cutbacks is likely to lead to the elimination of instructional programs and teaching positions.
Such steps, they warn, could seriously undermine the state's most aggressive and consistent...
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