RALEIGH — Two scholarship programs would be consolidated under a recently filed House bill. House Bill 420, titled “Expand & Consolidate K-12 Scholarships,” was filed on March 22 by Reps. Donnie Loftis (R-Gaston), David Willis (R-Union) and John Bradford […]
RALEIGH — A majority of an N.C Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of the defendants in a lawsuit involving the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program, sending the case back to be heard by […]
It was my honor to be elected to six terms to the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. The Board of Governors oversees the 17 campuses of the state’s higher education system, […]
We live in an era of deep division and hyper-partisanship. To borrow a cliché, it is what it is. That is why it is so encouraging to see an issue where North Carolinians broadly come […]
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has upended nearly every aspect of our lives. But what may surprise many North Carolinians is the pandemic’s impact on education in our state. Newly released figures from the state […]
RALEIGH — A bill passed by the N.C. Senate seeks to expand the number of low-income students that can participate in the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program. The Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) grants funds to […]
RALEIGH — A motion to dismiss has been filed in the lawsuit filed by the N.C. Association of Educators involving the that’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. Attorney General Josh Stein filed a motion to dismiss the […]
When the game was over, the undersized walk-on wearing No. 45 was lifted onto the shoulders of his teammates and carried off the field in triumph. It could have been a reenactment of the final […]
RALEIGH — Parents, students, lawmakers and non-profit leaders came together to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for a roundtable discussion of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program and the state’s other school choice options. […]
RALEIGH — A North Carolina constitutional policy group has characterized the lawsuit filed by a teacher’s union affiliate over the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program as “meritless.” The N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law (NCICL) has published […]
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