Members of the North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) voted this week to override the Governor’s veto of House Bill 10 and pass into law nearly half a billion dollars in new funding for NC’s Opportunity Scholarship Program, commonly known as “private school vouchers.”
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Members of the North Carolina General Assembly unanimously approved on Thursday afternoon a bill providing $604.15 million in additional relief funding, with $65 million allocated to public K-12 schools as part of the second round of state legislative actions taken in response to Hurricane Helene and other recent natural disasters. The revised version of Senate
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State lawmakers this week quickly passed a 60-page bill that includes various “technical corrections” to the 2023 state budget passed in October, including several changes related to public education. While many of these provisions are limited to certain districts, a few of the changes will affect all public school districts, including a clarification that allows for parental opt-out of student participation in the North Carolina Youth Tobacco Survey, a requirement that high school students complete the required Career Development Plan within 90 days of enrollment (beginning with the 2024-2025 school year), and more.
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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) shared his recommendations for the 2024-2025 state budget on Wednesday, as lawmakers returned to Raleigh for the start of the 2024 legislative short session. Governor Cooper, who previously declared 2024 to be “The Year of Public Schools,” proposed investing over $1 billion in public schools while placing a moratorium on the Opportunity Scholarship Program, or private school vouchers.
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