The group Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina urges state lawmakers to act on legislation designed to lift North Carolina’s statewide public charter school cap. Speakers at a June 7, 2011, news conference are PEFNC’s Darrell Allison, Sen. Malcolm Graham, D-Mecklenburg, Rep. Marcus Brandon, D-Guilford, Peter Groff of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Bishop Charles Mellette of Christian Provision Ministries in Sanford, Durham fifth-grader Aniekan Affiah, and Aniekan’s mother Colette Affiah.
Sparks fly as NC Senate committee OKs bill to fund waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships
The North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee moved forward with a bill Wednesday that would fund scholarships for the estimated 54,800 applicants on the waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships.