Preserving Our Public Education Heritage

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Preserving Our PubliEducation Heritage

Macon County Commissioners

September 8th, 20!


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Problems and points o# crisis

•Overall cuts to public education leading to$

• %arger class si&es

• %ess one'on'one attention, especially ('), *ith increatesting burden

• +etboo- and materials shortages

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.eduction o# bench #or #uture administrators• Elimination o# public #unding #or /rivers Education

• Elimination o# teacher and state employee retiremenhealth bene1t program


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3n#usion o# stimulusdollars

Stimulus depleted but no return to pre'recession levels


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Philip Price, the 4C /epartment o# Public 3nstructions chie# 1o5cer, says *hile there has been an increase in overall spenpublic education in recent years, most o# those #unds haventthe classroom

• 6+he retirement contribution rate doubled over the past seveunder the current leadership,7 said Price 6State Health Plan

contributions *ent up to, so the vast ma9ority o# the increasespending arent being seen by students7

• :ccording to Prices numbers, since 2008 there are 2,;00< #eteachers in the classroom, a 22 percent reduction to the numin elementary schools, a !2 percent reduction in classroom su


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• >!,8?" Per pupil state #unding in 2008

• >!,8) Per pupil state #unding in 20) ad9usted #oin@ation

• ';!A the in@ation'ad9usted percentage decreasgeneral #unding per ('2 student in 4orth Carolin

2008

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• +here are #e*er adults in 4orth Carolinas public schothere *ere seven years ago, yet *e have ;),000 mostudents

• +he amount o# tetboo- #unding per student has gon>F8 per student in 2008'0? to about >! per student! +hat is a "8A reduction

• /ollars #or instructional supplies have been reduced #per student in 2008'0? to about >28 per student in 2

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.eductions #rom 2008'0? to 20!

;),000 more students G+==

• Classroom +eachers$ do*n 2,;" positions or ')!A

• +eacher :ssistants $ '22?A I%ost ",!0 +: positions 20)'; and

• Central O5ce Personnel $ '22A

• Support Personnel$ '88A

• :ssistant Principals$ '8?A

4C/P3' ?B2FB;Kunding 4orth Carolinas PubChanges Since KL 2008'0?

4C/P3' Keb 20;$ HighlightsGudget 3n#ormation :nalysis

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+he /ouble 3mpact o# Economic/o*nturns on Public Education•

3t hits personnel pay in the #orm o# #ree&es and bcuts

• Creates reductions in essential classroom person

• .eductions in tetboo-s and classroom supplies,

• Cutbac-s in programs and course oNerings

• 3ncreased class si&es

• :4/ it has a tremendous impact on the childrenserve as more o# them #all belo* the poverty lineputting more stress on them and their #amilies


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Poverty in 4C in 200F


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Poverty in 4C in 200"


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Poverty in 4C in 2008


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Poverty in 4C in 200?


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Poverty in 4C in 20


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Poverty in 4C in 20)

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Total Macon County 4#"$


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Total Macon CountyStudent Poulat!on 201"

4#"$Poverty rate 200F ?)A

Poverty rate 200" 208A

Poverty rate 2008 20?A

Poverty rate 200? 2F2A

Poverty rate 200 2F?A

Poverty rate 20 2""A

Poverty rate 202 )APoverty rate 20) 2"?A

Close to one third o# the children in Macon CSchools are belo* the poverty line +a-ing 2

rates, ,)2 children


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:nd as more students and their #amilies are#alling belo* the poverty line, *hat are *e

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Cutting tetboo-s•Cutting teacher assistants

•Cutting classroom supplies

•Ending /rivers Education

•Creating more stress on classroom teache*ith those cuts

•Cutting programs Iart, drama, #oreignlanguageJ

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Cuts to tetboo-s D hard #orlearning to continue and beaugmented at home•

3n 20;'!, tetboo-s are #unded at >2; million,roughly one'1#th o# the 200?'0 budget o# >F

• +his amounts to less than >20 per studentR a tetypically costs >)!'8!

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Current tetboo- budget diNere

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+he Senate proposed >2? M additional• +he House budget proposed >;8) million additi

Ithis is *here it landed in the budgetR the originainitiated legislation *ith .ep Craig Horn I.J >"F

• overnors proposed budget *as >)! million ad


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Huge cuts to classroom supplies

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:nd as #or classroom materials and instructionalsupplies, state #unding has been cut by nearly ;percent since KL 200?'0, do*n #rom >?0" mill*hen ad9usted #or in@ation to around >!0 millioncurrent school year


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Cuts to teacher assistants=the vital second pairhands, eyes, and an essential second instructor classroom


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22,441 %tate&'unded teac(e) a%%!%tant% !n 2•1+,"$4 %tate&'unded teac(e) a%%!%tant% !n 2

•Senate ud-et ould )educe t(e 1+,"$4 ya)o/!ately ANOTHER *,+00 o%!t!on%.la)-e%t layo !n %tate (!%to)y.

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Te have a state that is dismantling our public ssystem +his state is going in the *rong directionit comes to public educationT' Paul Gailey, .epuSchool Goard Member, Charlotte'Mec-lenburg Sc''':ugust 20!


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>2F million cut #rom /rivers Ed

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>2)80; per ?th grade student 200?'200• >? per ?th grade student 20)'20;

• Geginning Uuly 20!$ >0

• +he real cost to put a student through driv

education is bet*een >)00 and >;00 3# #uisnt restored, the cost could #all on to schosystems and parents

• 3n order #or our school system to provide tservice net year #rom T#unds availableT M

County *ill need to move >"!,000 in #und


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• Programs that grant privileges to ne* drivers in phases Vas graduated licensing programs V dramatically reduce o# teen driver #atal crashes, according to three studies #uthe 4ational 3nstitutes o# Health

• Such graduated licensing la*s *ere adopted by all !0 stthe /istrict o# Columbia bet*een ??F and 20 +he 43supported research eNort sho*s that such programs redurate o# #atal crashes among F' "'year'olds by 8 to ; p

• .eductions in #atal crashes *ere greatest in states that henacted other restrictions on young drivers +he greatesreductions in young driver crashes *ere seen in states thadopted graduated driver licensing la*s in combination *mandatory seat belt la*s or la*s reuiring a loss o# the dlicense as a penalty #or possession or use o# alcohol by yaged 20 or younger

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Cutting /rivers Ed is a de #acto ta on :%% Carolinians=not the -ind o# tric-le do*n *

• 3nsurance Commissioner ayne ood*in on +uesday urged the 4orth Carolina Se

House o# .epresentatives to preserve #unding #or drivers education as part o# the4orth Carolina eneral :ssembly has not reached a 1nal budget and *hether to education is part o# the debate

• 63# you have ineperienced drivers *ho do not have appropriate drivers educatiohigh*ays, you could see it tric-le do*n to *here everyone has their rates impactthats not good,7 ood*in told 4C4

• Car insurance rates in 4orth Carolina are based on the claims that go to the insucompanies, the /epartment o# 3nsurance said 3# insurance companies pay out mover time, rates could increase #or all drivers

• ood*in insisted that the matter o# driver education is one that impacts all drivethose *ith children

• 6Lou may not have children yet, but others do and theyre going to be on the roaineperienced and do not have appropriate education and -no* ho* to drive sa#could impact youVyou could be in an accident *ith them and someone could get-illed,7 he said

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4C Senate Gudget Ends Pension and Health Gen

teachers and state employees hired a#ter Uan ,

• :she County School Superintendent /r +odd Holden voiced his co

about the proposed elimination o# retirement health bene1ts and #teacher recruitment potential at the :she County School board meMonday, :ug )

• 6hat 3 see as a threat #or our district is teacher retention and recHolden said

• :#ter a recent visit to :ppalachian State niversitys .eich CollegeEducation, Holden #ound that many students may not plan to stay

Carolina to *or- as teachers i# the provision passes• Holden said he as-ed :S students in the Education 1eld ho* man

stay and *or- as teachers in 4orth Carolina i# retirement bene1ts eliminated :ccording to Holden, Only 20 percent o# those studenttheir hands

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:nd, in the history o# pension and retirement sy*hat happens *hen no ne* monies enter the s


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3ncreasing pressure on county*allets=

3)o t(e No)t( Ca)ol!na Con%t!tut!on 15#16


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3)o t(e No)t( Ca)ol!na Con%t!tut!on 15#16ARTIC7E I8 '' E9:CATION

•Sect!on 1. Educat!on encou)a-ed.

•.eligion, morality, and -no*ledge being necessary to good govethe happiness o# man-ind, schools, libraries, and the means o# eshall #orever be encouraged

•Sec. 2. :n!'o) %y%te o' %c(ool%.

•IJ eneral and uni#orm system$ term +he eneral :ssembly sby taation and other*ise #or a general and uni#orm system o# #schools, *hich shall be maintained at least nine months in every*herein eual opportunities shall be provided #or all students•I2J%ocal responsibility +he eneral :ssembly may assign to unigovernment such responsibility #or the 1nancial support o# the #rschools as it may deem appropriate +he governing boards o# ugovernment *ith 1nancial responsibility #or public education marevenues to add to or supplement any public school or post'secoprogram


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e have a >;!0 million surplus


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but the Senate is choosing to go in the *direction i# they truly support public educat

NC Hou%e 2?

(eeps /rivers Education

Kunding

Eliminates /rivers Edu

Kunding(eeps +eacher W State EmployeePensions and Health Gene1ts

Eliminates +eacher W StEmployee Pensions andGene1ts

:ppears to oppose +:GO. Passed +:GO., *hich thto cut an ://3+3O4:%


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3n 202'), 4orth Carolina counties son average, >,;F2 per student, rang#rom a high o# >;,;! in Orange Couna lo* o# >)8; in S*ain County

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Macon spent >FF0 per student 202Inearly 20A increase #rom 2008 to 20

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Pushing the public education buonto the counties=• Sen oolsby I.'?th /istrictJ recently too- issue *ith claims

pointing out that the average teacher in 4orth Carolina ma-to >;F,000 a year *ith bene1ts pushing that total closer to

• 64orth Carolina, as #ar as state government goes, is 4o country as #ar as #unding,7 oolsby said 6here 4orth Carodo*n is on local #unding #or education, but you never hear tthe Xeducrats and the I4orth Carolina :ssociation o# Educat

•'':ug 2), 20)

• Email to commissioners at that time as-ing #or resolution

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Cavalier attitude

• YSenatorZ :podaca de#ended the additionaletension T3m happy to stand here today andyou that, in the last ;8 hours, *eve had moremovement than *eve had in the last si mon

• T3m sorry that a-e County is having problem +:s and drivers education,T he sniped at YSeGlue T3 guess >80 million in the ban- doesnt uite as #ar as it used to6 [ :ugust 2F, 20!

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Cuts to School :dministrator :cadeW Pro#essional /evelopment

• +he House has >)? million in its budget to pay #or one'yea

three regional academies that develop ne* school adminis• .ep Craig Horn, a eddington .epublican and an educatio

*riter, said his ta-e is that the Senate believes in pro#essiodevelopment, but *ants to ma-e sure the costs are 9usti1e

• 6e have an obligation to do that,7 Horn said 6ere happthat challenge7

• Sen Uerry +illman, an :rchdale .epublican and education b*riter in his chamber, said he li-es the academies #or princpreparation, but thin-s teacher pro#essional development sthe local districts responsibility

• 4e*s W Observer U%L !, 20!


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4C Senate gutted HG "

• +he Senate amended House Gudget Gill IHG "J on +hursday to remove the House budget provisions andtheir issues

•Ne %ale% ta/ on %e)=!ce%> +o help pay #or ne* inccuts, the bill *ould broaden the sales ta base :mon

purchases #acing sales taes$ :dvertising, veterinarycare services, and repairs and maintenance *or- on property such as cars


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lue stic- ta

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4o more 4C ta holiday 1rst *ee-in :ugust

• 3ncreased epense on part o# pareand teachers #or classroom suppli

• +eachers cant deduct classroomsupplies any more

4C Senate attempts to use the


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plottery to bac-1ll Kor the 1rst tithe Senate Gudget•*ill allo* lottery tic-et sales in liuor stores

•*ill allo* internet'based instant lottery games tbe played on computers or smart phones

•*ill allo* Club (eno, a numbers game that *ou*ill available through terminals at bars and

restaurants•Senate budget *ill increase lottery advertising #million a year to )0 million *ith a goal o# generaetra !! million

Ro!n- Pete) to Pay P


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Ro!n- Pete) to Pay P• ith too #e* dollars available to meet the nestudents due to the 20) ta plan, ne* spen

initiativesVsuch as the pay raises #or teacheother school personnelV came at the epensneeded increases in investments in other are

• %a*ma-ers provided >;? million to reduce-indergarten and 1rst grade class si&es, *hic

9ust increased last year Ho*ever, to cover thadded cost, la*ma-ers diverted lottery dolla*ere supposed to go to increase technology public schools and provide need'based 1nanto students attending public universities 4o*

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+apayer Gill o# .ights I+:GO.J

•6Constitutional amendments adding the +aProtection :ct to the 4orth Carolina Constithat *ould limit the gro*th o# State spendiin@ation plus population gro*th, establish reuire yearly deposits in an Emergency Sa

.eserve Kund in the State +reasury, and rethe maimum allo*able income ta ratein 4orth Carolina #rom ten percent I0AJ topercent I!AJ7

+:GO.s 3mpact on 4C Public


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+:GO. s 3mpact on 4C PublicEducation

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/epending on *hose numbers you loo +:GO. is pro9ected to cost another >>20 G3%%3O4 in lost revenue

•:ssuming public education is approim

!"A o# the budget thats an additionao# >8!! million to >; G3%%3O4

•Even Uohn %oc-e Koundation opposes


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Ho* did it go in ColoradoQ

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Colorado #ell #rom )!th to ;?th in thenation in ('2 spending as a percentapersonal income

•College and university #unding as a sh

personal income declined #rom )!th ination to ;8th

• +he share o# lo*'income children in thstate *ho lac-ed health insurance doma-ing Colorado the *orst in the nat


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7:t present, a #amily o# #our *ith only one parent*or-ing and earning >)0,000 is not hit too hard *taes Sales taes are generally lo* and the incomon that income is not too high Gut i# sales taes bthe main generator o# revenue, then that #amily *paying higher taes on doctor visits, diapers, #orm

clothing :nd #or those #amilies *ho use day care,s*itch could be devastating Kamilies *ith t*o chday care no* o#ten pay bet*een >,;00 to >2,00month #or uality day care :dd an 8 percent salethose services and parents could pay additional s

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%oss o# %ocal Control in eneral


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hat *ill county or municipal government loo- l1ve yearsQ

• .edistricted a-e County Commission, Guncombe County

Commission and reensboro City Council districts• ent a#ter :shevilles *ater authority

• ent a#ter the Charlotte W :sheville airport authority

• Capped *hat local government could charge #or business

• Pushing more items *hich are traditionally #unded at stat

onto counties• 4o local control over our monuments and statues

• Proposed consolidation o# school districts

• Proposed redistribution o# sales ta revenue

4C Senates 4e* Sales +a Scheme


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pro9ected to cost Macon County approimately>"!0,000

• 6Plan *ould @ip local sales ta revenue #rom a mostly point'o#'saendeavor into a purely even split, *here hal# the money *ould scollection point and the rest *ould be disbursed according to copopulation7

• House Kinance chairman and %incolnton .epublican Uason Saine strong eception$

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63m really surprised that senators have gone along *ith this,7 S6+hey tend to *ant to brand themselves as more conservative tHouse members Gut clearly on this issue o# ta policy, *hich 3 tbedroc- o# .epublican philosophy, the House sits strong in opporedistribution o# *ealth +heres no other *ay to say it but that *loo-s more li-e socialism than capitalism and #ree mar-ets7 [ :u20!

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SolutionsQ

:llo* uality o# public education in Macon Cou

decline

2 Ma-e up diNerence at state level

) Ma-e up diNerence at localBcounty level

; Combination o# 2 W )

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.esolution

• HE.E:S, the Macon County Goard o# Commiss

believes that teachers assistants are vital to theo# early elementary students and this Goard hasgreat 1nancial lengths in the past to maintain teassistants in the classroom as close as possible t[ 2008 levels given local budgetary constraints

oppose the elimination o# approimately 8,!00 tassistants over the net t*o years as called #or i20! [ 20F 4C SE4:+E G/E+


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• :4/ HE.E:S, Macon County Goard o# Commis

believes that the currently #unded drivers educaclasses are a *orth*hile investment #or not onlyCarolinas youngest drivers but #or all drivers onCarolina high*ays and that the that the currentsituation o# a mandated drivers education progr

3+HO+ state #unding constitutes an undue buthis and all 4orth Carolina counties as an un#undmandate State #unding #or the drivers educatioprogram, *hich has historically been the case, scontinue as passed by the KL 20! [ 20F 4C HOG/E+


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• :4/ HE.E:S, classroom tetboo-s are a vital,

essential tool to classroom instruction, and recogthat bet*een >200 and >;00 million *as cut #rotetboo- budget #rom KL 200 [ 202 to 20; [ compared to previous #unding levels, *e supportoriginal KL 20! [ 20F 4C HOSE G/E+ #or

tetboo-s *hich is >;8) million


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• :4/ HE.E:S our capacity as a state and a cou

attract and retain uality personnel is lin-ed topreservation o# a retirement program #or public steachers and state employees in general, :4/ nthat *e are mind#ul that pension and other retireprograms cease to stand on sound 1nancial grou

*hen ne* monies are to the system are shut oNthe 4C HOSE to hold its position o# maintainingretirement and health bene1t schedule as it currstands and as the 4C HOSE holds harmless in i20! [ 20F budget

• :4/ HE.E:S the 4orth Carolina Constitution adopted in ?" clstates in$


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• :.+3C%E 3\

• Sect!on 1. Educat!on encou)a-ed.

• .eligion, morality, and -no*ledge being necessary to good governthe happiness o# man-ind, schools, libraries, and the means o# ed

shall #orever be encouraged• Sec. 2. :n!'o) %y%te o' %c(ool%.

• IJ eneral and uni#orm system$ term +he eneral :ssembly shaby taation and other*ise #or a general and uni#orm system o# #reschools, *hich shall be maintained at least nine months in every y*herein eual opportunities shall be provided #or all students

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I2J %ocal responsibility +he eneral :ssembly may assign to unitsgovernment such responsibility #or the 1nancial support o# the #reeschools as it may deem appropriate +he governing boards o# unitgovernment *ith 1nancial responsibility #or public education may revenues to add to or supplement any public school or post'seconschool program


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• 3t is the considered opinion o# the Macon County

Commissioners that the KL 20! [ 20F 4C HOG/E+ ('2 PG%3C E/C:+3O4 E\PE4/3+.Ecloser to the spirit and the letter o# the a#oremensections o# :rticle 3\ o# the 4orth Carolina Constin that the KL 20! [ 20F 4C HOSE G/E+,

covering more o# the costs associated *ith esseclassroom personnel, tetboo-s, classroom suppdrivers education, and pension and health beneretirees rather than cutting or elimination o# theline items as called #or in the 4C SE4:+E G/E


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• 4O, +HE.EKO.E, GE 3+ .ESO%]E/, that the Ma

County Goard o# Commissioners supports the ('PG%3C E/C:+3O4 E\PE4/3+.ES :S %3S+E/ 3420! [ 20F 4C HOSE G/E+ :4/ :/OP+E/ 20! by a bipartisan vote o# ?) [ 2) and urges tHOSE to stand 1rm in the ongoing budget nego

*ith the 4C SE4:+E•

:pproved and adopted this 8th day o# September

Bob Scott Mayor Town of Franklin NC


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Mayor, Town of Franklin, NC

• Spea-ing personally, 3 *ould as- the Macon Count

Commissioners to pass a resolution as-ing the 4oCarolina eneral :ssembly to either #und public eat 2002'2008 levels or support the original 20!'2House Gudget #or education

• My reasoning is that any monies epended #or pub

education is an investment in the #uture o# the to*county and the state

• Public education is the #oundation #or an in#ormed

• +han- you so much #or your consideration o# this

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