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Ask & Answer | What K-12 and community college employees need to know about the State Health Plan’s switch to Aetna
Update: According to this member alert, the State Health Plan has extended open enrollment by one week for members listed in the counties below, which means members impacted by Hurricane Helene will have until Nov.…
After disaffiliation, rural United Methodist pastors aim to ‘make a way in the wilderness’
United Methodist clergy from across North Carolina met last week for the Duke Endowment’s 25th Convocation on the Rural Church, “Making Our Way in the Wilderness: Reconnecting with God and One Another to Do a New Thing.”…
Perspective | Transforming principal preparation in North Carolina
NCPFP releases new request for proposals For more than 30 years, North Carolina has demonstrated its commitment to education by ensuring every public-school child has access to high-quality, effective school leaders.…
The Editor’s Notes
Applications for the FY24-25 Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund Facility Grants are due Sept. 13. Here is the application, and here is where you can find more information.
An emerging story. “The Universal Service Fund is a $8 billion decades-old mechanism created by Congress in 1996 to support vital communications investments where the marketplace falls short: connecting schools and libraries to high-speed internet,” according to this FCC fact sheet. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the current administration of the Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional, a decision that breaks with rulings by the 6th and 11th Circuits. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel called the decision “misguided and wrong,” because it “upends decades of bipartisan support for FCC programs that help communications reach the most rural and least-connected households in our country, as well as hospitals, schools, and libraries nationwide.” From 2022-24, in North Carolina, the FCC says 3,022 schools (which seems high to me) and 242 libraries received $207,161,545 for broadband connectivity and internal connections, benefiting 1,738,327 students. Stay tuned.
Here is your playlist for the weekend courtesy of Jeff McDaris.
Need to know
Governor Cooper Announces 1,000 New Jobs in Edgecombe County as Natron Energy Selects the Kingsboro Megasite
Big news for Edgecombe County!... Read the rest
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Will teacher raises OK’d by NC legislature mean a pay cut? Here’s what CMS board says
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ANN DOSS HELMS REPORTS | CMS board rejects last-minute plan to relocate a struggling site for immigrant teens
