NC lawmakers override vetoes on immigration, DEI and education bills
North Carolina lawmakers moved Wednesday to override vetoes on bills involving immigration enforcement, DEI policies, public education, higher education and state agencies.
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NC legislative calendar resumes Monday with education commission, House and Senate sessions
The North Carolina General Assembly’s next public calendar begins June 22 with the Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education and both chambers scheduled to meet.
Governor Cooper Celebrates Public Education and Supporting Children from Cradle to Career
Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina State Superintendent-Elect Mo Green celebrated the progress made under the Governor’s leadership to build a better educated North Carolina. The Governor and State Superintendent-Elect visited classrooms, toured the new school building and spoke at Claxton Elementary School in Greensboro.
Leader Reives Shares Facts on Voucher Program
Republican legislators are focused this Session on further eroding public education in North Carolina. The latest effort is a massive expansion of the state’s voucher program. North Carolinians deserve to know the facts about how this would affect education in our state.
Cooper issues call to action to protect public schools with State of Emergency
Gov. Cooper outlines devastating impacts of Republican legislature’s schemes to give vouchers to millionaires, defund public schools, and push culture wars in the classroom and urges North Carolinians to contact their legislators to protect public schools
Following significant student learning recovery, Governor Cooper urges General Assembly to make major investments in public education
Governor Roy Cooper urged state legislators to make major investments in public education following a report from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that showed students across the state experienced significant learning recovery in nearly every subject during the 2021-22 school year. These results come following over $5 billion in federal investments sent to North Carolina’s public schools to address the pandemic’s impact.
OPINION: Advocates ignore constitutional safeguards that block their goals
Those who want North Carolina to throw billions of additional taxpayer dollars at public education like to talk about the state constitution. Yet they ignore a clear pillar of that constitution. It stands in the way of their objectives.
Judge could issue order compelling lawmakers to fund Leandro in early November
The judge in the long-running Leandro school funding case could issue an order as early as three weeks compelling the General Assembly to fully fund a court-ordered plan drawn up by California-based consultants.
Governor Cooper Signs Nine Bills into Law, Vetoes Two Bills
"This legislation takes important steps to protect women who are incarcerated during and after pregnancy and labor."
Merit pay boosts student success
How much say should the public have about public education? Parental revolts against “wokeness” fads in the classroom are all the rage right now, but gaps between public preferences and the practice of public education didn’t suddenly begin a few months ago. They’ve been around for decades.
State blows it on history
If the primary purpose of public education was to prepare young people for jobs, its entitlement to taxpayer support would be far weaker.
Democrats propose plan to fund Leandro without Republican backing
A bill sponsored by Democrats in the N.C. House would pump billions of additional dollars into public education over the next few years toward meeting the requirements of a new remedial agreement in the ongoing Leandro lawsuit.