The NC General Assembly convened on July 29 to take up a slate of legislation that Gov. Josh Stein had vetoed within the last month. More votes are expected throughout the day, but here is the status of those override votes after this morning's action:
Gov. Josh Stein signed seven bills into law on Wednesday and vetoed three, including a bill that would eliminate the state’s statutory goal to cut carbon emissions by 70% by 2030.
A pro-charter schools group in North Carolina is calling out Gov. Roy Cooper for factual errors in his veto message of a new charter schools bill. The N.C Coalition for Charter Schools put out a press release on July 24 on Cooper’s veto of House Bill 219, Charter School Omnibus. The measure would open the door for more...
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper continues to give his veto pen a workout for the 14th time this year, this time vetoing a bill involving the expansion of charter schools, including being able to request money from counties for funding capital projects.
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...
Support for school choice options remains strong from likely North Carolina voters, according to the results of the latest Civitas poll by the John Locke Foundation. The poll results dropped Jan. 26 during National School Choice Week, a nationwide celebration of diversity in educational options, and details announced during a special event in downtown Raleigh co-hosted...
New figures show that public charter school enrollments have grown nearly 20% in North Carolina since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, enrollments in traditional public schools remain stalled from their pre-pandemic levels.
A coalition of charter-school advocacy organizations has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block new restrictions on charter schools imposed by the Biden administration, claiming the new rules are “without legal grounding” and “a sneak attack” on charter schools. The North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools is one of the organizations to sign on to...
Surry County charter school falsified student records and misused funds according to a State Auditor report. An investigative report by State Auditor Beth Wood’s office has revealed that a now-defunct charter school in Surry County falsified student enrollment records to obtain state funding, misused school funds, and failed to prepare and submit 1099 tax forms. The report on...
The N.C. State Board of Education rejected a unanimous recommendation from the state’s Charter School Advisory Board to let 3,800 more students enroll at the state’s two virtual charter academies. The education board’s vote was 7-4. The advisory board said Wednesday, Aug. 12, that the state-run virtual charters should take more students to handle growing...
The N.C. State Board of Education is starting the new year with a discussion on Read to Achieve standards and the annual charter school report. State Superintendent Mark Johnson will lead a presentation Wednesday, Jan. 8, on Read to Achieve. The state board is in charge of implementing the program. Things could get tense. Read...
