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The U.S. Dept. of Energy awarded Rockingham County Schools $7.8 million and Hoke County Schools $300,000. School administrators say the funding is crucial, but it doesn't begin to meet all their needs.

Leaders of the Alamance-Burlington School System have approved a budget proposal that realigns dozens of positions amid the district's funding crisis. The proposal also cuts nearly 70 vacant positions.

Public schools across North Carolina are facing a range of financial challenges this spring. Growing charter school and private school enrollment threaten traditional public schools' state and local funding. Meanwhile federal COVID relief money is set to expire. Managing all of this are school district's chief financial officers.

During the pandemic, students nationwide received free school lunch, but that policy expired last summer. Now, state lawmakers are considering whether to include funding in the next state budget to help more students afford lunch.

North Carolina educators have marched in Raleigh repeatedly over the years - and most recently in May - to call for better funding for public schools.…

Educators across the state often complain of tight public school budgets that leave something to be desired. Two school finance officers explain what they…