Education

Adjournment Resolution; Potential Veto Overrides; Issues for November

NC Family Staff | July 12, 2024
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Session Adjourns (For a Time); Opportunity Scholarship Funding Stalls; and “Medical” Marijuana Not Taken Up in NC House

NC Family Staff | June 28, 2024
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2024 Legislative Session Preview

John Rustin | June 17, 2024
As this edition of Family North Carolina magazine is being sent to press, the North Carolina General Assembly has just reconvened for the 2024 READ
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Encourage The N.C. House To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships Now!

NC Family Staff | May 13, 2024
Last week, the NC Senate passed HB 823—Eliminate School Choice Program Waitlists (formerly titled, ‘Choose Your School, Choose Your Future’), and sent it to READ

NC’s Opportunity Scholarship and SHALOM Act

NC Family Staff | May 10, 2024
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Abortion Drug Restrictions, Transgender “Treatments,” the Opportunity Scholarship, and the National Day of Prayer

NC Family Staff | May 3, 2024
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NC Teacher Gets Justice After Being Fired for Critiquing CRT

NC Family Staff | May 1, 2024
In 2022, Dr. David Phillips and Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit against North Carolina Department of Public Instruction after Dr. Phillips was fired READ
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NC’s Opportunity Scholarship Gives Parents Educational Options (With Mike Long)

NC Family Staff | April 27, 2024
North Carolina is one of the leading states in the nation in the area of school choice. In addition to the wide variety of READ

The First Day of NC’s 2024 Legislative Session and What’s New at NC Family

NC Family Staff | April 26, 2024
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The Start of NC’s 2024 Legislative Session, the Opportunity Scholarship, and “Gas Station Heroin”

NC Family Staff | April 19, 2024
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The Opportunity Scholarship, Sports Gambling, Women’s Sports, and Pro-Life Laws

NC Family Staff | April 12, 2024
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Sports Gambling, The Opportunity Scholarship, and Chemical Abortions

NC Family Staff | April 5, 2024
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An Opportunity for Opportunity Scholarships

Adamo Manfra | April 3, 2024
The Opportunity Scholarship Program in North Carolina, aimed at broadening educational choices for families, garnered nearly 72,000 new applications this year. The overwhelming demand READ
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NC Opportunity Scholarship Application Period is Now Open for the 2024-2025 School Year

NC Family Staff | February 7, 2024
Last week, North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program application period opened, allowing parents to apply to scholarships to go towards their child’s non-public K-12 education. READ
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How NC Schools Have (and Have Not) Adopted the Parents’ Bill of Rights

Adamo Manfra | February 5, 2024
In August, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Parents’ Bill of Rights. This pivotal legislation reinforces the central role of parents in their READ
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LGBTQ Organization Files Federal Complaints Against NC’s Public Schools

NC Family Staff | January 31, 2024
On Tuesday, January 30, the LGBTQ organization Campaign for Southern Equality filed a federal complaint challenging North Carolina’s recently enacted Parents’ Bill of Rights READ

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