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n2doc

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Sun May 14, 2017, 12:41 PM May 2017

Republicans in N.C. Senate cut education funding but only in Democratic districts. Really.

By Valerie Strauss

This bit of North Carolina news won’t get as much attention as the infamous “bathroom bill,” which insisted that people at public schools and other government-run facilities use bathrooms that correspond to the gender listed on their birth certificate, sparking a boycott of the state. But it is worth noting as a new lesson in how not to drag schools and kids into your legislative skirmishes — and as the latest attack on public education by North Carolina Republicans.

During a budget debate in the state Senate that started Thursday and went into the early hours of Friday, Republicans became annoyed at Democrats who, the Republicans thought, were unnecessarily offering amendments and prolonging the session. According to the News & Observer, Democrats offered five amendments pushing funding priorities, each of which was voted down.

At about 1 a.m. Friday, the Republicans halted the proceedings and went into private talks. At about 3 a.m., they returned, and a Republican senator introduced an amendment of his own.

This amendment proposed $1 million in new funding to fight North Carolina’s opioid epidemic, which has been called the most severe public health issue in the state. That’s an issue that would seem to be bipartisan — but there was a twist.

The money to fund new pilot programs for this cause had to come from somewhere, and the Republicans decided to take it out of education programs in Democratic districts, along with other things the Democrats had wanted.

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Republicans in N.C. Senate cut education funding but only in Democratic districts. Really. (Original Post) n2doc May 2017 OP
Something I can't tell is this. Igel May 2017 #1

Igel

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1. Something I can't tell is this.
Mon May 15, 2017, 06:30 PM
May 2017

We're the programs all or mostly confined to those counties or were cuts to programs made in those counties in programs that were fairly widespread in the state?

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