State’s education department details big school cuts–Source: News & Observer

RALEIGH — North Carolina could lose more than 5,300 teachers and all public school classes would be larger under a proposal for education cuts prepared for Gov. Bev Perdue’s budget office.

The state Department of Public Instruction was the first large state agency to release its budget cut proposal in response to a request by The News & Observer last week. Funding for public education through 12th grade consumes about 40 percent of the state’s budget. (Read more)