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 State Board of Education Vision: Every public school student in North Carolina will be empowered to accept academic challenges, prepared to pursue their chosen path after graduating high school, and encouraged to become lifelong learners with the capacity to engage in a globally-collaborative society.
State Board of Education Mission: The mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is to use its constitutional authority to guard and maintain the right of a sound, basic education for every child in North Carolina Public Schools.
December 17, 2021
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Highlights:
2021 Long Session Overview
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Wishing all the best of the season and a very happy 2022!
Freebird McKinney
Director of the Office of Government and Community Affairs
“We Strive and Rise, Together.”
2022 State Board of Education Meetings
- January 5 - 6
- February 2 - 3
- March 2 - 3
- April 6 - 7
- May 3 - 5 (includes Spring Planning Session)
- June 1 - 2
- July 7
- August 3 - 4
- September - August 31 - September 1
- October 5 - 6
- November 1 - 3 (includes Fall Planning Session)
- December - November 30 - December 1
- Link to SBE Meetings here.
- If you are unable to join, livestreams are stored here.
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North State Journal: Truitt talks about Operation Polaris, literacy and inherited challenges
Truitt talks about progress in literacy, changes in teacher recruitment and retention, revisions to standards writing and a focus on math on the horizon.
NC superintendent gives updates on Operation Polaris, work ahead North State Journal sat down with N.C. State Superintendent Catherine Truitt to check on the status of Operation Polaris and to see what work is on the horizon for the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. Operation Polaris is Truitt’s long-term roadmap transforming North Carolina’s public schools, including a goal of having “a highly-qualified, excellent teacher in every classroom. ”At the core of Operation Polaris is the Office of Learning Recovery and Acceleration (OLRC). Other key components include literacy, human capital, accountability and testing, and student support services. Truitt told North State Journal that Operation Polaris is proceeding and that the project’s hub, the Office of Learning Recovery and Acceleration, has been the “nerve center of everything that happens on a day-to-day basis here.” “We have some immediate things that we need to do in light of pandemic recovery, not the least of which is be good stewards of the $3.6 billion dollars that the state has received from the ARP or ESSER-Three that is supposed to be spent by 2024,” said Truitt. ARP is the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan which was enacted in March of 2021. Part of that plan is ESSER, which stands for the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Fund. The ESSER funding in ARP represents the third round of ESSER money, the first two were part of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). “We don’t want to lose sight of the fact that we cannot get caught up in finite thinking,” said Truitt of her department’s work. “We must work on short-term fixes while we are laying the groundwork for strategic long-term thinking, and that’s what the office of learning recovery does.”
Complete North State Article: HERE
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Useful Information
This section includes details pertaining to acronyms referenced throughout the K-12 Education Legislative Update newsletters.
For the glossary of legislative terms click here.
DPI= Department of Public Instruction
LEA = Local Education Agency
NCGA = North Carolina General Assembly
LB/LOB = Legislative Building/Legislative Office Building
SBE = North Carolina State Board of Education
HB/SB = House Bill/Senate Bill
JR = Joint Resolution
SL = Session Law
GS = General Statute
PCS = Proposed Committee Substitute
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Thank you to Superintendent Will Hoffman and the beginning and veteran teachers who shared about their LETRS experience and their strategies for training and implementation. #nced
State Superintendent, Catherine Truitt, Dr. Jeremy Gibbs, Western Regional Director, and other members of the State Board of Education visited Brush Creek Elementary School Tuesday, December 14th to learn about various initiatives taking place in our 2021 National Blue Ribbon awarded school.
Superintendent Truitt has commented that the best part of visiting schools is seeing the teachers and students which reminds her of why we do the work we do.
MCS is very happy to share all the great ways our teachers and students are Making It Happen with learning!
The team at Blue Ridge Elementary is a model for rigor, community, and collective efficacy and we are thrilled to continue our learning from this @NatlBlueRibbon School and their staff/ students.
Ashe County Superintendent @Eisa_Cox
@ncedcorps is playing a leadership role in Blue Ridge Elementary in Ashe County Schools providing high impact literacy tutors to students. Learn more about this important opportunity to serve: https://nceducationcorps.org @Mebane_Rash
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"We Strive and Rise, Together."
For more about district visits, please visit our District Visits & Voices Blog, here.
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 NC State William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
The NC PreK-12th grade Literacy and Equity Summit will bring together cross-sector stakeholders to address the question: How do we transform our shared aspiration—that all NC students read on grade level—into action? Learn More.
REGISTER HERE
- This virtual event will include the release of the Public School Forum’s Top Education Issues for 2022 and a special panel of education leaders.
Education Article
North Carolina teacher raises $100K, spends it all at Costco to ensure students don't go hungry (ABC11) Ten days before Christmas, and Turquoise LeJeune Parker maybe the happiest elf in North Carolina. The Lakewood Elementary School teacher just pulled off her biggest foodraiser yet for her neediest students: $106,000. "Amazing, speechless. It leaves me speechless," said Parker. "I've cried a little bit today. I cry a little bit every day." They are tears of joy. Parker and her ever-growing list of donors and community partners donated over six figures for this year's foodraiser. Parker and her small army of volunteers took the cash to the Costco on North Pointe Drive to buy non-perishable groceries for over 5,100 students from a dozen Durham public schools, whose families could go hungry over the holiday break. "Two weeks is a long time to be out of school without lunch or breakfast at school. Three meals. Children eat a lot. Food is expensive," Parker said. Food insecurity is a major concern in Durham, especially for low-income people of color. Our sister station ABC 11 has been tracking it with Our America Equity Report by ABC-owned stations.
Complete article here.
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Helpful Resources
DPI Financial Business Services (FBS) - Check FBS homepage regularly for updates.
COVID-19 Orders & Directives - Executive orders issued by Governor Roy Cooper, as part of North Carolina's response to the COVID-19 coronavirus
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