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November 7, 2025

mike long

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Nonprofit rolls out project to increase rural private school seat capacity

September 14, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A nonprofit that has worked to facilitate North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship grant program is now seeking to expand private school seat capacity in rural areas of the state. Last week, Parents for Educational […]

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NCGA bill opts state into Trump’s school choice program, Stein vetoed it

August 8, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly sent a bill that would opt the state into President Donald Trump’s school choice program to Gov. Josh Stein, who then vetoed the measure. In his veto message […]

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How school choice expansion will work in NC

July 18, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — President Donald Trump signed his first major piece of legislation into law on Independence Day, delivering on a wide range of campaign promises, including making his tax cuts permanent and enacting no tax […]

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, left, speaks with PEFNC President Mike Long during a fireside chat.
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Education Secretary McMahon headlines school choice gala

June 30, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The school choice advocacy group Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina celebrated its 20th anniversary at a gala held at the Angus Barn in Raleigh last Wednesday. The event, dubbed “two decades […]

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Trump issues executive order on expanding education freedom

January 30, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Following up on campaign promises involving school choice, President Donald Trump has issued an executive order on “Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunities for Families.” The order, dated Jan. 29, 2025, cites current public […]

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LONG: Celebrating educational freedom in the Tarheel State

January 27, 2025 Mike Long

As we celebrate National School Choice Week, we join millions of families and advocates across the nation in highlighting the transformative power of parental school choice. In North Carolina, we have much to celebrate as […]

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Cooper vetoes bill that funds Opportunity Scholarship backlog

September 20, 2024 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation Friday that allocates several hundred million dollars to an expanded private school voucher program and orders sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigrant agents looking for people in the […]

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