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OCTOBER 24-30, 2018 UCW 9
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Adequately & equitably fund
education for all children.
North Carolina can strengthen its economy and dramatically improve
opportunities for families by making public education a priority
and investing in children.
X X NC Pre-K currently only serves about half of the
estimated 67,000 at-risk 4-year-olds across the state.
Pre-k must be adequately funded in order to serve all
eligible children.
X X Meanwhile North Carolina legislators have continued
their pursuit of costly tax cuts in recent years, greatly
reducing revenue for public schools which now lack
adequate resources to ensure all students receive a
quality education regardless of where they live in the
state.
X X State funding for teacher mentoring programs and
professional development has been eliminated,
while budget cuts have drastically reduced much of
the support students and teachers receive in and out
of the classroom.
X X Over the last seven years, legislators have reduced
funding for teacher assistants by 35.66%, supplies
and materials for classrooms by 40.53%, low-wealth
schools by nearly 12%, and North Carolina's teacher
compensation plan is now ranked 49th in the nation
in competitiveness.
X X Instead of funding our resource-starved public
schools, lawmakers provided annual increases in state
funding allocated to unaccountable, non-transparent
private schools. Yet, no evidence exists that student
achievement increases by attending a private
voucher school.
ASK YOUR CANDIDATES:
X WILL YOU work to ensure NC
rises out of the bottom in the
rankings of per pupil spending
and reach at least the national
average in teacher pay?
X WILL YOU advocate for full
funding for our traditional public
schools, where over 80% of our
students are enrolled, rather than
divert more taxpayer dollars to be
used for unaccountable voucher
programs?
X WILL YOU advocate for the
funding necessary for districts to
prepare for compliance with the
four-year phase-in of the K-3 class
size reductions?
X WILL YOU ensure all at-risk
children can participate in quality
early childhood programs?
