Durham County Commissioners approved funding 98.5% of Durham Public Schools' $27.5 million budget request, supporting employee raises, hard-to-staff position supplements, and pre-K expansion.
County commissioners funded 98.5% of DPS's $27.5 million budget request, enabling employee raises, hard-to-staff position supplements, and pre-K expansion pending state budget passage.
Parent testimony revealed nurse shortages force families to leave DPS schools; one parent documented an incident where her daughter requiring emergency medications was left unsupervised.
Board flagged that sheriff's memorandum of understanding omitted community task force recommendations for SRO accountability, joint training, and immigrant student protections.