Funding for N.C. Executive Order Snagged in Budget Battle
Gov. Michael F. Easley is sticking by his executive order to expand North Carolina's preschool programs and hire hundreds more teachers, even as the legislature wrangles over whether to pay for the expensive mandates.
The Democratic governor issued the order July 24. He promised districts an additional $54 million to bolster a new state preschool program for disadvantaged 4-year-olds and to further reduce class sizes in kindergarten and 1st grade in the new school year.
The order responds to criticism from the Wake County Superior Court judge overseeing the state's...
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