Raleigh Report
Legislative Information from the North Carolina Council of Churches
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August 28, 2013
Analysis from Steve Ford
Back to school amid tight times
Of the many public policies North Carolina has followed across the decades, none …
In our August 22, 2013 newsletter, we asked parents, students, teachers, principals and superintendents to tell us about how the budget cuts to public education were impacting them personally.
Wake County …
Charlotte businessperson Nick Arrington likens setting aside adequate funding for public education to saving money in a 401 (k). Writes Arrington, “It’s an investment that takes years of hard work …
“Governor Pat McCrory spoke to the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce this morning and repeated misinformation circulated earlier in the week by the John Locke Foundation and Civitas Institute, two …
HB 944, the school voucher (aka “opportunity scholarship”) became a part of the 2013-15 NC biennial budget. School vouchers are now the law in North Carolina.
A $10 million line item …
The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss writes about a new report from ETS (Educational Testing Service) that sheds light on the economic and educational effects of poverty. Writes Strauss,
“The report also …
In the Hickory Daily Record:
“Catawba County Schools and Hickory Public Schools boards heard on Monday the same laments about the state budget likely to be passed in Raleigh and what …
June 19, 2013. Parents, educators and members of the Boone Town Council joined former congressman and N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Bob Etheridge and Public Schools First NC for a press …
In North Carolina, proposed House Bill 269 would award a $3,000 grant per semester for students with disabilities to attend any nonpublic school and to receive special education and related services. …
According to Sarah Ovaska of NC Policy Watch,
Virtual charter schools will face restrictions if they want to open up in North Carolina.
The N.C. State Board of Education voted today to …
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