Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, said he wouldn’t be surprised if a judge orders the state to spend more on education. But it would spark a constitutional crisis. “The constitution of North Carolina is very clear as to who has the authority to appropriate money,”…
One of the most significant documents in N.C. public education is being kept under lock and key. The WestEd report is supposed to restart proceedings in the Leandro court case. After 25 years, the dispute over education opportunities hasn’t found a conclusion. …
In North Carolina, at-risk 4-year-olds unable to attend a brick-and-mortar pre-K may soon get a chance to attend virtual preschool. Some lawmakers are looking to enact the pilot program for low-income families whose children are missing out on a pre-K education. At the behest of…
Lawmakers in the House are working to give the Senate some options for changing how school performance grades are calculated, including one change that would split the single performance grade into two separate grades for achievement and growth. The House K-12 Education Committee approved a…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has unveiled a bold vision for the future of education in North Carolina, but the announcement was light on concrete details about how the plan would be realized. Lawmakers, school and district leaders, education advocates, and some…
After months of meeting across the state, the House Select Committee on School Safety met for the final time Thursday to approve another round of recommendations to make schools safer. The school safety committee was formed in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at…
The Wake County Public School System and Guilford County Schools are closing their doors May 16 so thousands of teachers can rally at the start of the short session for higher pay and more school resources. More than 2,500 Wake County teachers and 2,000 Guilford…
Lawmakers approved six recommendations during the final meeting of the School Safety Subcommittee on Student Health. The subcommittee, which went another round hearing from mental health experts, also discussed draft legislation to address staffing shortages and the creation of a threat assessment team.
Flexibility was the word of the day in a meeting of the Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform. Several superintendents and local education agency finance officers Wednesday, Jan. 31, shared recommendations with legislators on reforming the school funding formula. These included increasing flexibility…
RALEIGH — The North Carolina House education budget is scratch made, taking few cues from the Senate’s plan, Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, told Carolina Journal on Thursday. House leaders took a hard look at the $22.9 billion General Fund budget for 2017-2018,…
