9/25/2023
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North Carolina has a new budget. Here’s what educators need to know.
The Republican-led General Assembly passed North Carolina’s new $30 billion budget with bipartisan support on Friday, leading to the expansion of both Medicaid and private school vouchers through the Opportunity Scholarship Program. President Pro Tem Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, who...
Budget has no state money to ease the child care financial cliff expected next year
Public funds propping up North Carolina’s child care network will run out at the end of June 2024 under the state budget passed early Friday. The budget includes no state funding to extend the federal funds that child care providers...
Research | This budget accelerates the disinvestment in our schools and the communities they serve
Over 1.4 million students across North Carolina attend our public schools, and public schools serve as the hub of our rural, suburban, and urban communities. In NC, the state has the responsibility to fund our public school operations. Budgets are...
Perspective | Seeing 2023 education legislation through a 1997 lens
The decades-long effort in North Carolina to strengthen public education through a legal route has come to a standstill, thwarted by the Republican legislative majority’s pursuit of an alternative agenda. That far-reaching agenda ranges from a huge increase in government...
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Governor Cooper Highlights Funding for NC Pre-K Classrooms at Early Learning Center in Greensboro
"He expressed deep concern that the state budget passed under Republican leadership does not provide any new funding for NC Pre-K and falls far short for child care and early learning needs across the state." Read the rest
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