Education leaders blast GOP's proposed cuts

Being 50th is not a good thing:

North Carolina could end up dead last in the nation in per pupil funding under proposals by House budget writers on Tuesday, state K-12 leaders warn.

"This budget positions North Carolina schools to operate in only the most limited fashion," said State Superintendent June Atkinson. "Taken together, all of these cuts would severely limit what local schools will be able to offer to students and will jeopardize more than 25 years of progress in our state."

Well, considering the Society for Creative Anachronism NC GOP looks back longingly on pre-Reconstruction Southern feudalism, a 25 year slide back is probably viewed as moderate.