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The North Carolina General Assembly will return the week of August 15 to consider several veto overrides and finalize the 2023-25 state budget. Speaker Tim Moore / X | Senator Phil Berger / X
Associated Press Gary D. Robertson | August 1, 2023: A North Carolina budget is a month late, but Republicans say they are closing in on a deal - North Carolina Republicans say they are closing in on a state budget deal, with top House and Senate leaders acknowledging on Monday an income tax agreement has been reached that would lower rates on individuals more deeply than current law directs. It’s possible budget votes may have to wait until later in August just because of the “sheer number of things we’ve got to work our way through” on a spending plan, Berger said. NCGA
abc13 NEWS Ed DiOrio | July 31, 2023: School safety, online threats, threat assessment law among focus points at RISE conference - With another school year weeks away, hundreds went to Gastonia for the Resiliency, Information, Support and Empowerment conference presented by the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools. State education officials discussed such safety topics as online hoaxes and House Bill 605. “The data is really clear that when you’re proactive in your approach to helping students, that you’re less likely to see an event occur in the future,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt said.
The Carolina Journal Theresa Opeka | August 2, 2023: Folwell maintains healthcare costs will rise under Medicaid expansion - Medicaid expansion is likely to increase the cost of healthcare for all North Carolinians, including those on the State Health Plan (SHP), according to state Treasurer Dale Folwell. Piggybacking off of what he said on July’s “Ask Me Anything” Q&A with reporters, he said on this month’s call Tuesday that there is evidence from other states showing Medicaid expansion actually increases the cost of healthcare for self-funded plans like the SHP.
DPI Press Release | August 3, 2023
Students in early elementary grades in North Carolina public schools made strong gains in their literacy skills during the 2022-23 school year, according to assessment results presented today to the State Board of Education by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt.
The results of the final assessment of the year showed marked improvements from the start of the year, with the percentage of students who measured “on track” more than doubling in kindergarten, increasing by 22 percentage points in first grade and by 13 points in second grade.
The gains by North Carolina students were achieved by the end of the second full year of a far-reaching statewide initiative to support elementary school teachers with extensive training in instruction based on the “science of reading,” a phonics-based approach with strong evidence of effectiveness.
Amy Rhyne, director of DPI’s Office of Early Learning, said students in kindergarten and first grade have benefitted the most so far from the state’s shift to instruction based on the “science of reading,” and their gains in 2022-23 bear that out.
To date, Rhyne said, 29 North Carolina school districts have completed the LETRS professional learning, including nearly 10,000 (K-5) educators, 870 (pre-K) educators, and more than 500 administrators. A second cohort of educators is scheduled to finish this winter, with a third and final cohort set to complete it by summer of 2024. Full statewide implementation and application of the teaching strategies will require additional time.
North Carolina’s assessment results were compared with those of 1.6 million K-3 students elsewhere in the nation whose literacy skills are measured with the same assessment, according to Amplify.
Read the entire press release here.
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