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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers gave their final approval on Thursday to...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina elected leaders finalized a directive on Thursday...

State lawmakers gave their final approval on Thursday to a directive that will put more K-12 students in classrooms five days a week.

Munro Richardson, executive director of Read Charlotte "If you look at 2019, which is the last year that we had third grade state test scores, 72% of white third-graders were reading at college and career ready," he said. "But it was only 35% for Black third-graders and 29% for Hispanic third-graders." Richardson, whose group works to build early reading skills, says there’s a risk that the pandemic could leave a lasting scar — like a forest fire marking the rings of a growing tree. "I’m worried about this negative tree ring, if you will, for our children of the pandemic," he said. "And...

Tim Moore House Speaker Tim Moore said Tuesday that the conference committee tweaking Senate Bill 37, which would require school districts to provide in-person instruction, has reached agreement on the legislation. Speaking at a press conference, Moore said the House and the Senate could vote on Senate Bill 37 as early as Wednesday. A provision that would require teachers opting out of in-person instruction to provide a doctor’s note documenting an underlying condition that makes them or a family member more susceptible to serious illness or death from the virus is the o...