NC budget bars State Board of Education members from taking interim school jobs

By: Ahmed Jallow

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 559

Last Updated: 6 days, 7 hours ago

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North Carolina’s new budget bars members of the State Board of Education from taking temporary or interim jobs with public school units while serving on the board. It also writes into law a monthly spending review for school districts that the Department of Public Instruction says it already has in place.

The two changes became law Tuesday, more than a year after Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools disclosed a $46 million budget deficit that triggered state investigations …

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