Bill would prohibit compelled speech when hiring state employees
North Carolina Senate is advancing a bill that would prohibit applicants for state employee positions to affirm their support for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda.
North Carolina Senate is advancing a bill that would prohibit applicants for state employee positions to affirm their support for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda.
Mientras los legisladores en la Asamblea General están listos para considerar un proyecto de ley que agilizaría el proceso de aprobación de nuevas escuelas chárter, una organización estatal de defensa de las chárter informa que más de 77,000 estudiantes permanecen en listas de espera para unirse a las escuelas chárter. Según el sistema actual, las...
All families in North Carolina would be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship Program under a bill that moved through the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. Senate Bill 406, Choose Your School, Choose Your Future, would make Opportunity Scholarships universally available in a tiered system with more funding going to low- and moderate-income families and a smaller amount...
As lawmakers in the General Assembly are poised to consider a bill that would streamline the process of approving new charter schools, a statewide charter advocacy organization reports that more than 77,000 students remain on waitlists to join charter schools. Under the current system, new public charters must first be authorized by the Charter Schools...
The worst of pandemic-induced learning loss is behind us but there’s still work to do. That’s according to data in a new report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. The good news was delivered to the N.C. House K-12 Education Committee on April 18 by Dr. Jeni Corn, director of research and evaluation for...
Newly minted Republican Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County is the primary sponsor of the House version of a bill that would dramatically expand school choice across North Carolina. The move is significant because it signals that Cotham would be a crucial 72nd vote in the House chamber to override a veto from Democratic Gov....
Republicans have introduced a bill this session that would create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in North Carolina. Here is a quick primer on what ESAs are, what other states are doing on this issue, and what could be on tap here in the Tar Heel State. What are ESAs? Education Savings Accounts are government-funded accounts...
La elección de escuelas continuaría su trayectoria de crecimiento en Carolina del Norte con un presupuesto aprobado por la Cámara de Representantes el 6 de abril en una votación bipartidista de 78 a 38. Nueve demócratas se unieron a los republicanos para apoyar el plan de gastos para el nuevo bienio, que amplía la elección...
School choice would continue its growth trajectory in North Carolina under a budget passed by the House April 6 in a bipartisan vote of 78 to 38. Nine Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the spending plan for the new biennium, which expands school choice by growing private-school choice programs and charter schools. The budget makes...
The North Carolina House Elections Committee passed a bill April 4 that would shore up election rules headed into the 2024 general election. House Bill 304, Election Day Integrity Act, passed the committee 14 to 7 in a roll-call vote. The bill would revise the deadline for absentee ballots to be received by local boards of...
Los republicanos del Senado han propuesto una ambiciosa expansión del Programa de Becas de Oportunidad, abriendo las becas de escuelas privadas a todas las familias de Carolina del Norte en un sistema escalonado basado en los ingresos del hogar. Senate Bill 406, Elija su escuela, elija su futuro, está patrocinado por tres presidentes del Comité...
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis beats President Joe Biden in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup for president 44% to 41%, according to a new Civitas poll of likely generation election voters in North Carolina.