
FAFSA is changing and N.C. has a new scholarship program – here’s what you need to know
Contents When it comes to FAFSA completion, how does N.C. compare? How is FAFSA changing? The new consolidated scholarship for North Carolina A community-wide approach Available resources Finances are personal. It’s…

With their last day behind them, Canton mill workers plan to use ‘the grit of the people’ to move forward
Highlights Mill workers gathered together for one last time at the Mill Town Strong resource fair on June 16, 2023. Haywood Community College will continue to provide educational and workforce opportunities for mill workers including a new scholarship.…

Statewide project helps early childhood workforce be ‘seen, heard, and held’
Applications are now open to join the fifth and sixth cohorts of the Infant Toddler Trauma-Informed Care Project (ITTI Care), which trains early childhood professionals as coaches in trauma-informed care.…

Governor’s Commission on Public University Governance approves final report
The Governor’s Commission on Public University Governance earlier this month announced its recommendations for strengthening the UNC System, including the creation of a Center of Higher Education Governance, a larger system governance board, and changes to term lengths for board members, among other things.…
The NC Justice Center released this report earlier this month identifying private schools with more vouchers than students. Ann Doss Helms then went looking for one of the private schools with a discrepancy — and she couldn’t find it. Read her story here. On Twitter, she reports, “Rep. John Torbett’s office says legislative fiscal staff confirm discrepancies between enrollment and vouchers: looking into details and explanations.” Doss also reports that the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority — which administers the vouchers — confirmed that one of the private schools identified in the Justice Center’s report “had been declared ineligible for vouchers and referred to the State Bureau of Investigation.”
HB 219 — the charter omnibus bill — will be heard today at 10:30 in the Senate ed committee meeting.
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