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.
Rep. John Torbett, R-Gaston, has some clear ideas about how public education should be reformed in North Carolina, but he is counting on parents from across the state to help redefine public education for the next century. “The system of public education in North Carolina was developed over 100 years ago and it has served...
The teaching of critical race theory as the only explanation of America’s past would be outlawed in public schools under a bill approved by the N.C. House Education Committee on Tuesday, May 11. A proposed committee substitute for House Bill 324 would prohibit public schools from promoting the idea that one race or sex is...
North Carolina’s best-performing charter schools would have an easier time opening new campuses in challenging settings, under a bill that won endorsement from a state House committee. House Bill 616 won unanimous approval after less than three minutes of discussion Tuesday in the Education K-12 Committee. “The reason that we need a change is I...
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s financial woes may be over, but its headaches live on. After the department overspent by $2 billion, the legislature gave the department $200 million, but at a price. The department must undergo a performance audit, and strengthen its transparency and accountability measures. The department paused 900 projects in August, throwing...
Road construction will begin to ramp up again early next year, but contractors say they will suffer in the meantime. After the N.C. Department of Transportation overspent by about $2 billion, it suspended work on 900 projects late this summer. But Transportation Secretary James Trogdon says the NCDOT will take 450 projects off hold by...
A requirement for every North Carolina public school student to learn about civic responsibility is one step closer to becoming law after an education committee approved the bill. House Bill 73, the civic responsibility education requirement bill, was one of two school safety bills to get the stamp of approval from the House K-12 Education...
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 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left...
The need to train school resource officers more intensively was a recurring theme during a meeting of the Student Physical Safety and Security working group. The group is one of two offshoots of the House Select Committee on School Safety. While the other working group focuses on mental health, the meeting Tuesday, April 17, looked...
