| | | According to Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, Republican lawmakers voted to spend 5 percent more (about $360 million) on N.C. schools than last year, the most money on K-12 public education in state history.
However, Ashley noted that legislative leaders like Berger misrepresent the numbers by using dated statistics to comment on the current budget. While the budget is technically larger, it doesn't take into account increased student enrollment and higher costs of health care and retirement.
"It's not a 5 percent increase, it's actually almost a $500 million decrease," Ashley said of the budget, once adjusted for inflation.
Ashley, who was recently named the 2013 North Carolina Social Studies Teacher of the Year, responded to the new budget by publicly challenging Gov. McCrory to spend one day teaching his fourth grade class. The challenge was proposed in the form of a petition, which totals more than 1,000 signatures.
It breaks my heart.........on so many levels, including education, NC was one of the better southern states. It was making considerable progress. Now it seems like its trying to share a berth with SC.
Who are these people that call themselves conservatives? Terms like malcontents, trouble makers, societal misfits, etc.......come to mind.
Yesterday, I saw a clip of GW Bush talking to reporters about Syria. These days he can barely put sentences together...........and in between and during sentences he kept saying ehhhh.......ehhhhh.
WTF were we doing with him as president??? |
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