8/1/2024
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Parents with students on voucher waitlists call on legislative leaders for additional funding
About 55,000 students are on a waitlist to receive Opportunity Scholarships, North Carolina’s private school voucher program. Parents rallied on Wednesday to urge the legislature to pass House Bill 823. The bill, which passed the Senate earlier this year, would...
Homeschooling on the rise again after post-pandemic fall
The North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education has released their annual report on homeschooling statistics, which covers the 2023-24 school year. The report breaks down homeschooling numbers by county, by type of school — religious or independent — and by...
The Editor’s Notes
Here is the 2023-24 data on home schools. Here is the 2023-24 data on private schools.
Here is the agenda for the N.C. State Board of Education meeting today.
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