RALEIGH – Below is a statement from Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) regarding SB 793 (“Charter School Modifications”), which was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory. “The signing of SB 793 is a lamppost on the path ... READ MORE

RALEIGH – Below is a statement from Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), regarding the release of the $21 billion state budget that includes a 7 percent teacher pay increase, boosts early career teacher pay, and provides $840,000 in additional funding for the Opportunity Scholarship Program. These funds ... READ MORE

Parents Ask General Assembly to Allow All Eligible Families to Participate in Opportunity Scholarship Program RALEIGH – More than 100 parents and children from across the state joined Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) President Darrell Allison, House Speaker Thom Tillis, Senate President Phil Berger, and a bipartisan group of ... READ MORE

Below is a statement from Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), regarding the North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to grant the parents’ request to stay the preliminary injunction issued by a Wake County Superior Court that suspended implementation of the Opportunity Scholarship program ... READ MORE

Injunction of Opportunity Scholarship Program Appealed to State’s Highest Court RALEIGH – Below is a statement from Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), regarding the General Assembly’s intention to ask the state Supreme Court to stay the trial court ruling that temporarily suspended ... READ MORE