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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners will hold a special called meeting with the Beaufort County Board of Education on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 3:30 PM at the Professional Development Center located at 845 Pierce St, Washington, NC.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 5:23 am
By: Katie Mosher
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The organization reportedly prescribed estrogen to a special needs 18-year-old.
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 @ 10:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A unanimous 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling favoring Durham Public Schools. The case involved one student's complaint about special-needs services.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2022 @ 4:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the 2021 state budget, lawmakers combined the state's two school-choice grants for special needs students into one program.
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 @ 11:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Without North Carolina’s school-choice scholarships for students with special needs, retired soldier James Martin would have moved his family to another state.
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 12:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Glen and Emily Stephens experienced the tragedy of a lifetime in 2012 when their 6-year-old son, Gabriel, died of complications from the flu.
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 8:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans in the N.C. House are advancing a bill that would expand and strengthen the state’s three school-choice scholarship programs that help low-income children and those with special needs attend a private school.
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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All families should have the option to send their children back to school full-time.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2020 @ 1:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County shelters are not designed for special needs patients. A special needs shelter has been opened in Goldsboro.
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 11:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It just got easier for children in North Carolina to qualify for a Special Needs Education Savings Account
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In A Recent Article On Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) In The News And Observer, Keith Poston Of The Public School Forum Said The Newly- Approved ESA Program For Special Needs Students Is "Very High Risk In Terms Of Abuse."
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 12:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Roy Cooper today announced $3 million in grants to fund local parks and recreation projects designed for children and veterans with disabilities
Published: Saturday, March 25th, 2017 @ 1:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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DeVos Understands the Needs of Special Needs Children
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2017 @ 3:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Stories about the value of school choice and the healthy competition it nurtures are ubiquitous yet salient
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2017 @ 3:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina parents are asking for more education options for their children. Currently one of the most popular options is vouchers (Opportunity Scholarships and Special Needs Scholarships)
Published: Monday, January 2nd, 2017 @ 3:43 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When Julian Bloom was 18 months old, doctors diagnosed him with autism and said he had a severe sensory and auditory processing disorder.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Lawmakers and advocates for special needs children are concerned that Guilford County Schools may be undermining a law providing tax-funded scholarships for students with disabilities.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My daughter was a public school teacher for several years. She was a special education teacher that specialized in children with special needs.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 2:35 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory proclaimed today, April 11, 2015, as "Special Needs Day at Brooks Avenue Church of Christ."
Published: Saturday, April 11th, 2015 @ 11:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A House education committee on Tuesday gave its OK to House Bill 133, a measure increasing the scholarship amount available to special needs students who attend private schools from $3,000 per semester to $4,000. It also approved a change allowing families receiving those scholarships to collect...
Published: Saturday, March 28th, 2015 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have a pretty utilitarian view of class sizes. Sometimes smaller class sizes make a big difference. Special needs students and those who require intensive instruction or remediation surely benefit from smaller classes.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2014 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Wednesday night approved a bill that would reimburse parents for private school tuition for special-needs children.
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 5:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that North Carolina has lifted its public charter school cap and approved new tax credits for parents of children with special education needs, state leaders still have other options for improving parental choice in education.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With his campaign flagging as he heads into his home state of Pennsylvania's primary, and his baby daughter, Isabella "Bella," who is a "special needs child" and very sick of late, the combination of which was probably more than his family, the candidate, and his campaign could bear.
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 @ 4:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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