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The Editor’s Notes

Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to make a major early childhood funding announcement and discuss early childhood education needs with teachers today at 3pm at Bright Beginnings Child Development Center in Cary.

The N.C. State Board of Education is meeting today. Here is the agenda.

Superintendent Mark Johnson wasn’t at the board meeting yesterday. He was speaking at the 2020 National Career Development Summit. Here is the agenda.

The N.C. General Assembly will convene on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at noon.

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