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.
EdNC Alex Granados | : Here comes the legislative long session. What does that mean for K-12 education?- With legislators poised to develop a budget for the next two years, education is bound to be an important part of their calculus as they go about their work. In 2022, they passed, and Cooper signed, a budget revision that spent an additional $528 million for a total of $11.3 billion for DPI in 2022. According to the December General Fund Monthly Budget Report — the most recent available — North Carolina has a little over $4 billion that isn’t reserved for any other expenses right now.
EdNC Sonia Rao | Your guide to education committees in the N.C. General Assembly this session - This year, the State Board of Education and N.C. Department of Public Instruction are asking legislators to allocate funding for digital learning, educator preparation, charter schools, and more. And teacher salaries and licensure, school nutrition, calendar flexibility, school facilities, mental health, enrollment measurement, and funding for the Leandro plan are all expected to be on the docket as well.
EducationWeekMark Lieberman| Jan. 19, 2023: COVID Relief Funds Dry Up Next Year. Here’s How Districts Can Cope - Budget planning for the next school year is underway in most states and districts. It will be the last school year with the fiscal boost from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) program. The final and largest batch of the three rounds of federal relief will expire just as the next school year begins in fall 2024. The second round of aid expires even sooner—just eight months from now. Deadline for committing federal COVID relief dollars - Sept. 30, 2024.
The Holshouser Legislators Retreatconvened North Carolina policymakers, state, and national resource experts, and education practitioners to have a candid dialogue about critical issues in public education, named after former Republican and Democratic governors of North Carolina Jim Holshouser and Jim Hunt.
NC Superintendent Catherine Truitt @CTruittNCDPI- A terrific start to the week, as I joined legislators and #edpolicy leaders at @Hunt_Institutefor the 2023 #Education Policy Bootcamp. It was an awesome opportunity to talk about the work underway to redesign @ncpublicschoolstesting and accountability system! #nced
2023 House of Representatives Request and Filing Deadlines
“Crossover” is the midpoint of the session, bills must pass - "Crossover" - from the originating chamber to be considered by the other chamber. After this legislative halftime, no new bills may be introduced with the exception of bills with no deadlines.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish the Increasing Engagement in STEM Program for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. The purpose is to provide grant funds to public school units to engage in experiential science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs.
The Board shall require that one full credit of a computer science 10 course, as defined in G.S. 115C-81.90 and approved by a local board of education, shall be used to fulfill one full academic credit in science.
Provide that the Eastern North Carolina School for the deaf, the North Carolina School for the Deaf, and the Governor Morehead School for the Blind are governed by boards of trustees and to provide for the duties of the boards and admission process for Schools for the Deaf and Blind.
Amend the Constitution of North Carolina to elect members of the State Board of Education, to make the Superintendent of Public Instruction the Chair of the State Board of Education as an Ex Officio Member, and to require that vacancy appointments by the Governor shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly.
Require the Department of Public Instruction to Contract with Gooru, Inc., for Use of Their Gooru Navigator Program to Address Negative Educational Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The NC Center for Safer Schools officially opened its temporary training facility at Samarcand today. Supintendent Truitt, CFCC Executive Director Karen Fairley, Rep. John Torbett and Rep. Jamie Boles
JACKSON SPRINGS, N.C. – The N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s Center for Safer Schools(CFSS) on Tuesday, Jan. 24 officially opened its temporary training facility at Samarcand.
The facility – housed at the Department of Public Safety’s Samarcand Training Academyin Moore County – features a newly renovated academic building, including two classrooms and two offices with seven adjacent cubicles. Plans call for the CFSS to offer classes monthly in support of its mission to promote safe learning environments for North Carolina K-12 schools.
During a grand opening ceremony Tuesday, CFSS Executive Director Karen W. Fairley praised State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt and the Legislature for their “wonderful” support for school safety initiatives.
“From appropriating $74 million in School Safety Grants to making school safety funding a priority for the Department of Public Instruction’s budget, they have always been in the Center for Safer Schools’ corner,” Fairley said.
Truitt said it’s important for everyone in schools – teachers, support staff, administrators and school resource officers – to be able to train in “as real of an environment as possible.”
“Supplying a space for on-site crisis prevention training gives educators and support staff the skills and confidence they need to thrive in their roles and in schools,” she said.
WRAL•NEWSEmily Walkenhorst | Jan. 23, 2023: After 30 years of special education funding limits, NC parents want change - In 1993, North Carolina put a cap on how much it was willing to spend on students with disabilities. Three decades and a landmark lawsuit later, the cap is still there, leaving out thousands of students and tens of millions of dollars each year. In North Carolina and beyond, cutting the school day short — because the child can’t handle school or the school can’t handle the child — is common for parents of children with disabilities, especially autism.
EdNCNation Hahn | : Regional leaders discuss a new STEM education alliance for Eastern North Carolina - 29 school systems and 14 community colleges met at the East Carolina Heart Institute for the first planning meeting for a new alliance that will operate at the intersection of education, professional learning, workforce development, and economic development. The goal is to reverse the decline of the region’s homegrown workforce, according to a press release.
myFutureNC invites you to join virtually for The State of Educational Attainment in North Carolina on Monday, February 6th at 3:00 pm ET. They will share the top findings from North Carolina's State of Educational Attainment Report and proposed solutions to address the state of emergency around workforce talent and the education pipeline in NC. They will highlight success stories and forecast needs and clear solutions to help achieve the state's educational attainment goal of 2 million degrees or industry-valued credentials by 2030 among North Carolinians ages 25-44. Please click here to RSVP and register for the live stream option.
