The UNC Board of Governors has distributed funding with the same formula for over 20 years. Until now. In light of the BOG’s five-year strategic plan “Higher Expectations” for access, student success, affordability and efficacy,...
Read MoreOrange County may soon be searching for funds to fill an estimated $5 million gap for schools. Two bills being considered in the North Carolina General Assembly that could impact Orange County funding sources passed the House on...
Read MoreOrange County Commissioners voted on Thursday night to increase the amount of funding for the two local school districts to approximately $5.4 million above what the county manager recommended. The increase brings the per-pupil...
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With the new state spending plan in place, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are facing a nearly one million dollar budget gap.
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Nearly 100 teaching assistants in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system are in limbo, waiting to find out if they’ll still have jobs when school starts.
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As state lawmakers wrangle over the budget, Chapel Hill-Carrboro school officials are struggling to anticipate how funding cuts will impact local classrooms.
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Orange County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the first property tax rate increase in five years.
Read MoreThe BOCC faces a number of difficult decisions when it comes to school funding.
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School and County officials are in limbo awaiting the final state budget, but they say it’s likely to hit local schools hard.
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Hundreds came out to Thursday’s budget public hearing to tell Orange County Commissioners to increase school funding.
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