RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly returned for the short session on Wednesday with a handful of items on its agenda. Lawmakers will take up adjustments to the latest budget, including the possibility of […]
RALEIGH — Letters demanding information from at least 15 private schools and an unknown number of pregnancy centers sent this month also included threats of charging those entities with misdemeanors if they did not comply. […]
RALEIGH — Sixteen private schools want sanctions placed on the N.C. Association of Educators of $25,000, according to a motion filed in the case involving the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program. The schools, all religious […]
RALEIGH — The N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE) dropped its lawsuit against North Carolina’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), according to a filing with the Wake County Superior Court last week. “Plaintiffs hereby notice the dismissal of all […]
RALEIGH — On the same day the House unveiled its budget proposal, Senate Republicans filed a bill that essentially expands the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) to all K-12 families. Senate Education Committee Chairs Sens. […]
RALEIGH — General Assembly lawmakers in the House unveiled their $29.7 billion budget proposal on March 29. The budget contains several spending items related to mental health while adding $100 million to the disaster recovery […]
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 […]
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