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Category Archives: Legislation

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May 21, 2013: House Education Committee

By: pefncadmin
May 22, 2013
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee heard responses from the public regarding HB 944, the Opportunity Scholarship Act, which would provide scholarships to help cover the costs of attending a private school for low-income families. New provisions have been made to the bill, including one that requires families to be within 100% ... READ MORE
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May 15, 2013: NC House of Representatives

By: pefncadmin
May 15, 2013
On May 15, HB 269, which provides scholarships for  families of children with disabilities to help pay for their K-12 education, passed the House. These grants would amount up to $3,000 per semester and would be used to help finance the education of a student with a disability who attends a nonpublic school. ... READ MORE
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May 14, 2013: NC General Assembly

By: pefncadmin
May 14, 2013
Public Charter Schools On May 7, the Senate passed SB 337, a bill that would create a new independent charter school board so that creators of a charter school would have to go to the Charter Board rather than the State Board of Education for approval. Many proposed amendments to the bill ... READ MORE
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May 1, 2013: Senate appropriations committee

By: pefncadmin
May 01, 2013
On May 1, the NC Public Charter School Board Bill, SB 337, passed through the Senate appropriations committee. The bill would create a new, independent Public Charter School Board to assume oversight of public charter schools from the State Board of Education. There were several adjustments made to the bill in committee.  ... READ MORE
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April 24, 2013: Senate Education Committee

By: pefncadmin
Apr 24, 2013
Today, the Senate Education Committee unanimously passed the “Back to Basics” bill HB 146 without any objections or further discussion. The bill would require public elementary schools to include cursive handwriting as part of their curriculum.  Currently, individual school districts decide whether to teach cursive in their schools.  Under the “Back ... READ MORE