Now that the House and the Senate have passed their budgets, the differences between the two will be reconciled by a conference committee, with members from both chambers.
House Education Biennium Budget
The House released a partial Education budget for 2017-2019 on Thursday, May 25th at an 8:30 AM committee meeting. Leadership allowed members to add amendments at the meeting though they had …
Senate’s 2017-19 Budget Passed
The NC Senate released a budget plan for the next two years on May 10, 2017, a day after releasing some details without the full plan. The full chamber passed the …
‘Democracy for Sale’ Film...
Democracy for Sale travels with Zach Galifianakis, the comic star of the Hangover movies, back to his home state to investigate how North Carolina has become a bellwether for how …
NC Voucher Program: Accountability Am...
The Children’s Law Clinic at Duke Law studied North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program and found it utterly wanting. If you want more accountability for the students in this program, read …
Gov. Cooper Unveils Budget
Gov. Roy Cooper introduced his budget on March 1, 2017, at Durham Tech. It includes major investments in our public schools: teacher and administrator raises; new pre-K slots; a scholarship …
Mark Johnson’s Listening Tour
Mark Johnson, the NC Superintendent of Public Instruction, began his NC Education & Innovation Tour. Johnson pledged to hear directly from teachers, parents and the community at various stops across North …
US Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos
The US Senate confirmed proposed Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos on February 7, 2017, in a historic vote. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking yes vote, something that has never …
They ARE Back
All you want for Christmas is disaster relief, right? Gov. McCrory has called for a special legislative session beginning Tuesday, December 13, “for the purpose of authorizing the financial assistance …
November Reports
November 2016 has been an education-report-issuing good time in the old North State! A new legislative report on school funding was released November 14, while a draft report on NC’s …
