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The 28th annual Livermore Valley Wine Auction in September will raise money for the Quest Science Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Tracy, the George Mark Children’s House, and
RALEIGH â The General Assembly on Thursday finalized a pair of public education measures designed to get more intensive help to children learning to read and to those who have fallen behind during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before going home for a spring recess, the GOP-controlled House and Senate approved both bills by overwhelming margins. They now go to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. A statement from Cooperâs office didnât directly address whether heâd sign the measures, which have received praise from other Democrats. Federal COVID-19 relief funds will help defray some of the...
Retooling of NC student literacy efforts on fast track March 31, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An overhaul of North Carolina's efforts to improve reading proficiency for early-grade students in the public schools is advancing quickly through the legislature, clearing the Senate on Wednesday by a unanimous vote. A House education committee later approved the same “Excellent Schools Act” in a rare evening meeting. It signaled the General Assembly's hope to give final legislative approval to the popular measure and send it to Gov. Roy Cooper before the legislature's spring...
NC Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021 approved PRESS RELEASE:: Raleigh, N.C. – The North Carolina State Senate today unanimously approved the “Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021.” The bill covers in-classroom instruction, reading camps, other reading interventions, data collection, and brings together the higher education and pre-K communities to help ensure consistency and quality in literacy instruction. Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) introduced the bill along with Senate Education Committee Chairs Sens. Deanna Ballard (R-Watauga) and Michael Lee (R-New Hanover). The ...
Summer school, reading improvement bills pass NC legislature GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, center, and lawmakers gather Wednesday, March 10, 2021, for a news conference to announce that leaders of the Republican-led state legislature and the governor have reached an agreement to reopen the state's K-12 public schools to full-time daily instruction in Raleigh. (Juli Leonard/The News & Observer via AP)Juli Leonard/AP RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly finalized on Thursday a pair of public educati...