09.21.2011 Policy Points

Declining Public School Employment

A recent report from the N.C. Budget & Tax Center tracks  the elimination of public school jobs across North Carolina since 2008. The study finds that “in the last four years, North Carolina public schools report having eliminated 16,678 positions, nearly one in ten positions compared to 2008 staffing levels.”

As the map below shows, school districts in East, West, and South-Central North Carolina have experienced the greatest staffing reductions.

 


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