This week House majority leader Tim Moore announced that a legislative short session priority would be to increase funding for vouchers for the coming year by around $300 million to ensure that the state could fund vouchers for all families who applied. More than half of the applications came from families with incomes too high to have […]
Protecting Our Future: A Guide to Restoring and Preserving Our Public School Syst...
The overwhelming majority of North Carolina’s K-12 students are enrolled in public schools. In 1868, our legislative leaders affirmed that a free, sound, basic education was so important to the well-being of our state’s social, cultural, and economic well-being that they included this right to education in our state constitution. North Carolina gives our children […]
Welfare for the Wealthy: Taxpayer Aler...
North Carolina taxpayers are about to spend over $43 million in the 2024-25 school year on private school tuition vouchers for families of four making more than $259,000/year and nearly $120 million more on families making between $115,000 – $259,000 per year (see list of incomes by family size). The NCGA’s leadership approved this expenditure […]
Let’s Celebrate Public School...
February 26 to March 2 is Public Schools Week 2024! In NC, nearly 90% of our K-12 Students Are Enrolled in Public Schools – one of the highest percentages in the nation! Throughout our state, there are about 2700 public schools and more than 1.5 million students! Why are Public Schools Important? Public schools unite us […]