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Former educator warns state scholarship funding has drained local public-school resources
Summary
At the May 6 meeting a longtime educator, Jay Randall, criticized recent North Carolina General Assembly scholarship funding to private schools and recited local figures he said reflect funds diverted from Carteret County Public Schools.
Jay Randall, a resident and former North Carolina public school educator, used his public-comment time at the May 6 Carteret County Board of Education meeting to criticize recent state funding for private-school scholarships and to cite local dollar figures he said reduced funds available to the district.
"The General Assembly's funding for private schools ... they found almost $500,000,000 to fund the opportunity scholarships," Randall said…
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