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New Policy Could Allow High School Athletes to Profit

NC Family Staff | October 1, 2024
Today marks the beginning of the public comment period for the State Board of Education’s proposed policy regarding name, image, and likeness (NIL). Under READ
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Why We Need Phone-Free Schools (with Clare Morell)

NC Family Staff | September 14, 2024
Across the nation, schools are starting to realize that having a phone during the school day is proving to be detrimental to students’ education READ

NC Family’s 2024 Voter Guide, Opportunity Scholarship Funding, And Legislative Activity

NC Family Staff | September 13, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ
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State Senate Approves Bill That Would Expand Opportunity Scholarship Funding

NC Family Staff | September 9, 2024
UPDATE: On Friday, September 20, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper vetoed HB10. UPDATE: On Wednesday afternoon, September 11, the North Carolina House approved HB 10 READ

Opportunity Scholarship Funding, State Board of Education Updates, and the 2024 Election

NC Family Staff | September 6, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

What You Need to Know As Kids Go Back to School

NC Family Staff | August 30, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

NC Only Southern State Not Challenging Title IX Changes, But Hundreds of Schools Protected

NC Family Staff | August 12, 2024
Last week, on August 1st, the Biden Administration’s significant changes to Title IX to include “gender identity” were rolled out across the nation. Twenty-six READ

A New Abortion Ruling in NC and an Update on Funding for the Opportunity Scholarship Program

NC Family Staff | August 2, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

Come Encourage Legislators To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships

NC Family Staff | July 26, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ
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Press Conference to Encourage the General Assembly To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships Now

NC Family Staff | July 22, 2024
School choice families—students, parents, and supporters—we invite you to join us for a press conference/rally at Halifax Mall on July 31 at 10 am READ

Adjournment Resolution; Potential Veto Overrides; Issues for November

NC Family Staff | July 12, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

Session Adjourns (For a Time); Opportunity Scholarship Funding Stalls; and “Medical” Marijuana Not Taken Up in NC House

NC Family Staff | June 28, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

2024 Legislative Session Preview

John Rustin | June 17, 2024
As this edition of Family North Carolina magazine is being sent to press, the North Carolina General Assembly has just reconvened for the 2024 READ
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Encourage The N.C. House To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships Now!

NC Family Staff | May 13, 2024
Last week, the NC Senate passed HB 823—Eliminate School Choice Program Waitlists (formerly titled, ‘Choose Your School, Choose Your Future’), and sent it to READ

NC’s Opportunity Scholarship and SHALOM Act

NC Family Staff | May 10, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

Abortion Drug Restrictions, Transgender “Treatments,” the Opportunity Scholarship, and the National Day of Prayer

NC Family Staff | May 3, 2024
Welcome to this week’s episode of NC Family’s Weekly Update, where we share the highlights of the past week at the N.C. General Assembly READ

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