On Wednesday, N.C. Senate Republicans held a press conference introducing the Parents’ Bill of Rights. which they say would give parents more control over the direction of their child’s education and require more transparency in public schools. During the N.C. Senate’s education committee, where the bill was later debated, several Democrats objected, calling the bill...
Andre Beliveau, John Locke Foundation strategic projects and government affairs manager, testifies about Senate Bill 49, Parents’ Bill of RIghts, during a Feb. 1, 2023, committee meeting. Video courtesy of ncleg.gov.
The North Carolina House K-12 Education Committee passed a bill Jan. 31 that directs federal COVID-19 relief dollars to fund a new software program for remedying learning loss.
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the debate over funding the Leandro education spending plan in North Carolina. King offered these comments during the Jan. 27, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
The N.C. Supreme Court could decide in the weeks ahead whether to hear Greenville’s legal defense of its red-light camera enforcement program. That’s despite the fact that the city shut down the program in November. Red-light critics filed paperwork with the state's highest court Wednesday.
The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide in the weeks ahead whether Orange County will need to repay millions of dollars collected for school impact fees since 2009. Judges heard an hour of oral arguments Tuesday in the case Zander v. Orange County.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a Pender County school principal sued after a student injured a teacher at the school. Appellate judges agreed the principal had legal immunity in the case. The decision announced Friday reversed a trial court ruling.
Nearly two months after Greenville shut down its red-light camera program, the city continues to defend the program in court. Greenville filed paperwork Wednesday asking the N.C. Supreme Court to consider the issue.
The founder of a Brunswick County charter school welcomes the latest development in the school’s bid to win a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. The school is challenging an Appeals Court ruling. Appellate judges labeled the charter school a “state actor.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer to offer her thoughts about a case from North Carolina involving a charter school treated as a “state actor.” Supreme Court justices reviewed the case Friday.
Donna King, editor-in-chief of Carolina Journal, asks Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson about top education issues in 2023. This exchange took place during the Jan. 6, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
