Associated Press
RALEIGH -- House budget-writers are considering siphoning more lottery funds to preserve teacher positions in North Carolina than the Senate has and eliminating in-state university tuition rates to out-of-state athletes.
A House budget subcommittee met on Tuesday to discuss how they could cut an additional $200 million beyond what the Senate did in its public education budget. One provision would funnel an additional $90 million in lottery funds beyond what the Senate offered to hire teachers in early grades next school year.
The panel also would require community colleges and the University of North Carolina system to cut spending an additional $35 million. The discount booster groups receive to pay tuition for out-of-state UNC student-athletes would be eliminated, at a savings of $9.4 million.
