Republicans moved a bill through the House Education Committee on March 14 that would prohibit the teaching of Critical Race Theory in North Carolina public school classrooms.
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2023 @ 11:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that won approval by the House Education Committee on March 14 would give North Carolina public school districts more leeway in creating disciplinary policies in classrooms.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 11:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A recent Civitas poll found that 66% of likely voters say K-12 public education is headed in the wrong direction.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 10:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate/Higher Education Committee on Wednesday, June 5, approved the bill, introduced in the Senate as S.B. 290. It passed the House, 88-24, April 16.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 9:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Education Committee Backs Bills Regarding Read to Achieve, Retired Teachers, and Testing CutsWednesday 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.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers in the House are working to give the Senate some options for changing how school performance grades are calculated, including one change that would split the single performance grade into two separate grades for achievement and growth.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2019 @ 8:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The House K-12 Education committee OK'd the statewide school construction bond bill, but questioned the formula used to decide how much each county would get for school construction
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2019 @ 12:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill that allows students to choose between the current or traditional math curricula passed the Senate Education Committee today
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2016 @ 11:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Senate Education and Higher Education Committee on Tuesday took a step toward returning money to charter schools that got sidetracked when lawmakers changed the spending formula years ago.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 2:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A House education committee on Tuesday gave its OK to House Bill 133, a measure increasing the scholarship amount available to special needs students who attend private schools from $3,000 per semester to $4,000. It also approved a change allowing families receiving those scholarships to collect...
Published: Saturday, March 28th, 2015 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Few pieces of education legislation filed this year have been subject to more debate than House Bill 944: Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill that would authorize tax dollars to be used for private school vouchers cleared its first hurdle Tuesday by passing the House Education Committee in a 27-21 vote.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 11:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sizzling oratory and stubborn statistics clashed as opponents of a tax-funded voucher bill for private schools squared off against advocates of the...
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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