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Education Matters – School Building Needs and State Employee Benefits

April 7, 2017 by Forum Admin

This week we discuss state employee and retiree benefits with guest State Treasurer Dale Folwell and we talk about the state’s critical school building needs and how to cover the $8 billion dollar price tag.

Guests include:

Dale Folwell, North Carolina State Treasurer

Leanne Winner, Director, Governmental Relations, NC School Boards Association

Kevin Leonard, Executive Director, NC Association of County Commissioners

RESOURCES

Edlines

K-3 Class Size Fix Elusive
https://wunc.org/post/state-senate-tangles-school-districts-over-k-3-class-sizes#stream/0
https://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20170330/southeastern-nc-schools-must-find-450-teachers-under-class-size-rule
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article142706169.html

Teaching Fellows Bill Moves Forward
https://www.wral.com/teaching-fellows-revival-moves-forward-with-broad-support/16611089/

More Trouble for Voucher School
https://ajf.org/ncs-largest-voucher-school-embroiled-embezzlement-scandal-submits-incomplete-financial-statements-state/

DeVos Slams Public Schools, Denver
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/03/29/devos-outcomes-at-u-s-schools-are-so-bad-they-probably-cant-get-much-worse/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/03/30/devos-criticized-denver-for-its-school-choice-policies-now-denvers-superintendent-fires-back/

Interview Segments

Should NC borrow $1.9 billion for school construction? School boards, counties propose bond
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article141350358.html

NC Senate bill would end some retirement benefits for new state workers
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article141558839.html

Health care premiums going up for state employees
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article140192288.html

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