Sentences with phrase «preserves teacher assistants jobs»

In a press conference last week, Gov. Pat McCrory said that the fact that this budget preserves teacher assistants jobs contributed to his decision to sign the budget bill.

Local school districts would only have access to a portion of those funds once again were they move them back into the TA fund — unless a formula funding fix were provided by lawmakers, allowing them to access all $ 85 million and preserve all teacher assistant jobs.

If local school districts wanted to use that money to preserve teacher assistant jobs, they were welcome to do that, said Tillis and other GOP budget writers repeatedly.

Not exact matches

While some lawmakers say the 2014 budget that just passed provides enough funding to preserve teacher assistants» jobs, local school districts are reporting otherwise — hundreds of teacher assistant positions are being eliminated this fall thanks to a budgetary maneuver that siphons $ 105 million out of the TA funding stream that lawmakers previously budgeted for during the 2013 legislative session.