Teacher Layoffs: If Arizona’s 2009-2010 budget is short $2 billion by midyear, how much is North Carolina’s?

Ariz. official warns of 'massive' teacher layoffs

 

Arizona faces the prospect of large-scale layoffs of school teachers next year due to the state's budget problems, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said.

 

The budget ultimately approved by the Legislature in August and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer in September with some vetoes included few cuts in funding for K-12 schools.

 

[GH: Just like North Carolina]

 

However, Horne offered his assessment after a board member noted that the state now faces a projected $2 billion midyear budget shortfall and a $3 billion shortfall for the next fiscal year.

 

The situation is "much grimmer" than most Arizonans realize, Horne told the state Board of Education.

 

Paul Davenport

Associated Press, October 27, 2009