Education

Come Encourage Legislators To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships

NC Family Staff | July 26, 2024
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Press Conference to Encourage the General Assembly To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships Now

NC Family Staff | July 22, 2024
School choice families—students, parents, and supporters—we invite you to join us for a press conference/rally at Halifax Mall on July 31 at 10 am READ

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
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

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
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

Sports Gambling, The Opportunity Scholarship, and Chemical Abortions

NC Family Staff | April 5, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ
Children at school sitting around two laptops celebrating an opportunity

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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