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WNC behind state average in educator diversity Wednesday, April 28, 2021 A report issued by the DRIVE task force says N.C.’s educators don’t sufficiently reflect classroom diversity. File photo North Carolina has about 1.5 million public school students, and according to a report from the Department of Public Instruction, 52.3 percent are minority students, while only 20.5 percent of teachers are minorities.  It’s a disparity Gov. Roy Cooper hopes to improve with the creation of the DRIVE (Develop a Representative and Inclusive Vision for Education) Task Forc...

Submitted by BlueNC on Thu, 02/18/2021 - 08:22 GOP MOVE TO MAKE PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION PARTISAN DRAWS CRITICISM: The nearly 15-year-old unit said to have saved the state millions, known as the Program Evaluation Division, has more than a dozen staffers. They will be replaced by partisan staff tasked with similar duties in the coming weeks. Legislative leaders did not say whether staff would be laid off or transferred. Democrats aren’t alone in their discontent with the sudden change. Former Republican Rep. Craig Horn, who worked closely with the division as a chair of the committee th...

NC legislature dissolves nonpartisan unit that targeted waste, fraud and abuse Lucille Sherman, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Feb. 17—RALEIGH — The North Carolina legislature's nonpartisan division tasked with evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of public services is being dissolved, Republican leaders confirmed after a former staffer broke the news on Twitter this week. The nearly 15-year-old unit said to have saved the state millions, known as the Program Evaluation Division, has more than a dozen staffers. They will be replaced by partisan staff tasked wit...

GOP leaders: NC legislature watchdog agency to be shuttered RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly’s state government watchdog agency will soon be shuttered, according to the offices of the legislature’s Republican leaders. State law created the nonpartisan Program Evaluation Division in 2007, making North Carolina’s legislature one of the last in the country to create such an office. The division, monitored by an oversight committee of legislators who directs the agency’s work, has issued scores of reports over the years that located wasteful spending and recommended ef...

Tue, 02/16/2021 - 07:39 Dear @ncgop. The only body empowered by the Constitution to determine constitutionality of an impeachment trial is the Senate. They did, so saying it isn't is like a judge saying something is inadmissible, but juror goes, 'screw it, I am considering it anyway'.#ncpol#GOPisdead They actually took a vote on the lack of Constitutionality and it failed. But just like the Big Lie, these things live on. RECAP: Fmr @NCGOP chair pleads guilty to lying to @fbi - no censure.@RepDavidRLewis pleads guilty to fed finance crimes - no @NCGOP censure. Lt. Gov. @markrobinsonNC won’t ...