In Wisconsin almost 70 public schools have closed in the last two years alone.

That report states, “The closures come as school districts grapple with high costs, state-imposed revenue limits, limited state funding, insufficient funds for special education and declining enrollment – which has dropped for 11 straight years statewide.”

Truthfully speaking, NC does more to hurt its public schools.

In Wisconsin	In North Carolina
“high costs”	Yep – Costs have risen here as well.
“state-imposed revenue limits”	Yep – NC has one of the lowest state corporate tax rates in the nation and there is legislation to keep lowering it.
“limited state funding”	Yep – NC ranks near the bottom in funding effort and we are the only state in the country operating on last year’s state budget numbers.
“insufficient funds for special education”	Yep – Just ask any EC teacher or parent of special needs child.
“declining enrollment”	Yep – With the removal of the charter school cap and the extension of the most unregulated voucher system in the nation to any income level, NC is literally paying people to leave the public school system.
	And then there are all of these other things.   Teacher Pay Kept Well Below National Average Removal of Due-Process Rights  Graduate Degree Pay Bumps Removed  Retiree Health Benefits Removed For New Teachers Push for Merit Pay and Bonus Pay  Removal of Longevity Pay  Attacks on Teacher Advocacy Groups (NCAE)  Reorganization and Weakening of Dept. of Public Instruction  Remove Caps on Class Sizes  School Grading System  Cutting Teacher Assistants  Elimination & Reinventing of Teaching Fellows Program Frozen Salaries For Years 15-24 Ignorance of LEANDRO Decision