A back-and-forth power struggle between state lawmakers and members of the North Carolina Board of Education came to a head in the new budget—and, at least for now, lawmakers won. Here’s what happened. Earlier this year, the General Assembly OK’ed a measure creating a new Charter School Review Board responsible for evaluating and approving new charters. With...
On Thursday, North Carolina House Republicans introduced a new bill proposing the creation of a “Charter School Review Board” to take over responsibility for approving, amending, renewing, and terminating charter schools in an effort to streamline the decision-making process for charter schools. The new board will be responsible for reviewing and approving new rules for...
A proposed constitutional amendment to make the state superintendent of public instruction the chair of the N.C. State Board of Education will be considered by the N.C. House Thursday June 30, after passing the House Education and House Rules committees on Wednesday. Currently Catherine Truitt, a Republican, is the N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, elected by voters...
State Superintendent Mark Johnson is challenging a temporary stay against implementing Istation, the state’s new reading diagnostic tool. “I’m the N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, but I’m also a lawyer. That’s a good thing on weeks like this one,” Johnson said in a news release announcing the motion to dissolve the injunction. Johnson claims N.C....
Wednesday was a busy day for the Senate Education Committee, which approved six bills during its April 17 meeting. Three of them directly affect K-12 education. Senate Leader Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, kicked off the meeting with an explanation of his sponsored bill: the Excellent Public Schools Act of 2019. Senate Bill 438 makes a...
The Senate, in a 33-11 vote, approved a bill giving charter school operators the option to bypass local county commissioners in winning approval of charter facility bonds. Senate Bill 392 would allow the Superintendent of Public Instruction to approve the issuance of private activity bonds for charter school facilities after a public hearing. Private activity...
Can’t we all just get along? The relationship between the State Board of Education and State Superintendent Mark Johnson continues to be dysfunctional after the board objected to a provision in recent legislation. The General Assembly passed House Bill 374, which contains a small provision repealing two state board policies that, Section 27(a) stated, are...
The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson in his power struggle against the State Board of Education. The state’s highest court also has ruled against the state school board in a separate court fight with the commission that oversees state government rules. Johnson, a Republican elected to...
Members of a state legislative panel are concerned that a new federal education law could keep in place controversial Common Core educational standards that dictate to states how students are taught and what they must learn. Lawmakers quizzed state Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson on Tuesday during a meeting of the Joint Legislative Education...
State Sen. Chad Barefoot, R-Wake, grilled state Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson Tuesday on whether the state Department of Public Instruction violated legislative intent and budget requirements on a $2.5 million budget cut. The exchange occurred during a meeting of the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee one day after Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham,...
Superintendent June Atkinson's proposal ran into objections about the cost and the effect across-the-board raises might have on the best and worst teachers.
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