North Carolina high schools suspend driver's education

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With state funding to help pay for driver's education in question, at least a third of North Carolina's school systems are suspending their programs this summer.

A temporary state budget approved by the General Assembly on Tuesday does not include funds for school districts to provide driver's education, The News & Observer reports (http://bit.ly/1R2SRfi).

At least 43 of North Carolina's 115 school districts said they will halt driver's education classes until they know whether they'll get any state money for them, said Reggie Flythe, a consultant for the state Department of Public Instruction.