Press Conference to Encourage the General Assembly To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships Now

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 to urge your state legislators to approve additional funding for Opportunity Scholarships and clear the waiting list. Schools start soon, and families need to make their final decisions about their children’s […]
Adjournment Resolution; Potential Veto Overrides; Issues for November

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 and beyond. In this episode, we cover: What the current adjournment resolution means for the rest of the session; The potential for veto overrides later this month; The prospect of legislative […]
Session Adjourns (For a Time); Opportunity Scholarship Funding Stalls; and “Medical” Marijuana Not Taken Up in NC House

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 and beyond. In this episode, we cover: The 2024 “Short Session” Adjourns (for a time); Efforts to expand funding for North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program stalls out; NC House fails to […]
2024 Legislative Session Preview

As this edition of Family North Carolina magazine is being sent to press, the North Carolina General Assembly has just reconvened for the 2024 Legislative Session. Technically, a continuation of last year’s “Long” Session, this year’s “Short” Session began on April 24 and will likely last for several months. As is typical for the second […]
Encourage The N.C. House To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships Now!

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 the NC House for consideration. The bill would appropriate an additional $248 million for Opportunity Scholarships in the upcoming 2024-2025 school year and relieve a waiting list of nearly 55,000 students […]
NC’s Opportunity Scholarship and SHALOM Act

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 and beyond. In this episode, we cover: An update on the Opportunity Scholarship and how the General Assembly is seeking to expand the funding to cover all of the applicants; and […]
Abortion Drug Restrictions, Transgender “Treatments,” the Opportunity Scholarship, and the National Day of Prayer

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 and beyond. In this episode, we cover: Information about the abortion drug restrictions in North Carolina that were struck down by a federal judge; The transgender “treatments” that the 4th Circuit […]
NC Teacher Gets Justice After Being Fired for Critiquing CRT

In 2022, Dr. David Phillips and Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit against North Carolina Department of Public Instruction after Dr. Phillips was fired for critiquing critical race theory while teaching three optional seminars at the prestigious North Carolina Governor’s School. On April 25th, almost three years after his termination, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) announced […]
NC’s Opportunity Scholarship Gives Parents Educational Options (With Mike Long)

North Carolina is one of the leading states in the nation in the area of school choice. In addition to the wide variety of educational options available to K-12 students across the state, the North Carolina General Assembly has taken its commitment a step further by expanding the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which helps enable parents […]
The First Day of NC’s 2024 Legislative Session and What’s New at NC Family

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 and beyond. In this episode, we cover: The first day of North Carolina’s 2024 Legislative Session and how our team spent the day; An update on NC Family’s 2024 Raleigh Dinner; […]