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Lawmakers take on state’s virtual public school
by Alex Granados |
Members of the State Board of Education and state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) addressed concerns raised by an audit of the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) during a meeting of the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on Tuesday....

USDA extends free meals for all students through 2020-21 school year
by Analisa Sorrells Archer |
Editor’s note: On Friday, Oct. 9, the USDA announced that it is extending flexibilities to allow free meals to continue to be available to all children throughout the entire 2020-2021 school year. Read more here. On a Monday morning in...

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Though it wasn’t mentioned during the press conference yesterday, Pat Ryan, spokesman for Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, confirmed to EdNC’s Alex Granados that an average daily membership hold harmless is included in the Senate’s PCS of House Bill 1105. See section 3.1 on page 34.

School districts and education leaders have been asking the legislature for a hold harmless because COVID-19 is causing a lower number of students to show up for school than projected in some districts.

The N.C. General Assembly convenes at noon today. A press conference with Speaker of the House Tim Moore and Berger will be held at 12:30. The Senate will take up the PCS first. A Senate appropriations committee meeting will be held at 1:00.

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