Local school districts may get the authority to furlough teachers to avoid laying them off.
The state Senate's proposed budget includes a provision allowing school districts to impose their own furloughs, Lynn Bonner reports.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Winston-Salem/Forsyth, Durham and Guilford asked for permission to furlough for local savings.
The Senate proposal also eliminates dropout prevention grants and gets rid of the $135 million in additional "discretionary cuts" Gov. Bev Perdue proposed.
Comments
Students Face Furloughs
May 17, 2010 - 7:09pm — aynrandFurlough a teacher means furlough a student. In Hawaii they took away 17 days from the children aka Furlough Fridays. Look it up! It sickened me and that is why we moved here to Wake County School District. When the government, school boards, unions, teachers choose furloughs over layoffs then who suffers......THE CHILDREN!
How?
May 17, 2010 - 4:32pm — GetSeriousHow do you furlough a teacher? Teachers are either in the classroom or a sub is in the classroom (at extra cost) -- or they miss a teacher workday (but do the planning et al at home). Why not just say, "We're not payin' you for working on such and such a date. Thank you for your contribution to reducing the state budget shortfall. Again."
Teachers may face furloughs rather than layoffs
May 17, 2010 - 4:23pm — igliigliLet quit spending hundreds of millions on sports teams and use the money to pay the teachers.