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In an end run around a new law that seeks to streamline the process for approving new charter schools, the Democrat-controlled North Carolina Board of Education OK’ed a new policy on Sept. 7 that allows the board to control funding for new charters.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 10:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Sept. 7, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved a new policy entitled “Funding and Accountability for Charter Schools” in an effort to exert more authority over charter school funding.
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper continues to give his veto pen a workout for the 14th time this year, this time vetoing a bill involving the expansion of charter schools, including being able to request money from counties for funding capital projects.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 6:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has ruled against the former Kinston Charter Academy and its leader in a dispute involving state funding tied to inflated enrollment projections.
Published: Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 @ 9:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new study from researchers at the University of Arkansas and Western Carolina University finds that a Democrat-backed budget bill pending in Congress would slash an average of $1,131 per student in resources for charter schools.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 7:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $40 million from the federal Charter Schools Program, in a major policy shift away from the bipartisan support that charter schools have enjoyed in recent years.
Published: Friday, August 6th, 2021 @ 3:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Recent news coverage skews the facts on charter funding and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 @ 2:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants charter schools gone, but several prominent N.C. and national advocates for charter schools say the presidential contender is out of touch with voters.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 3:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, posed a question summing up the sometimes tense relationship between charter schools and traditional public schools
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You've heard the claims: charter schools take money and resources from public schools, have little accountability and don't perform as well as their public school counterparts
Published: Sunday, October 29th, 2017 @ 6:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Charter School Reform: Authorizers and Capital Funding
Published: Friday, January 20th, 2017 @ 9:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Another Charter School Funding Victory
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 2:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate Education and Higher Education Committee on Tuesday took a step toward returning money to charter schools that got sidetracked when lawmakers changed the spending formula years ago.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 2:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake, is working with charter school operators and advocates on legislation proponents say would restore millions of dollars to charter schools previously stripped away by Democrats "in the dark of night" to benefit traditional public schools.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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