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Building a Strong Educational Future: National School Choice Week

NC Family Staff | January 22, 2024
This week is National School Choice Week, where people across the country are celebrating the many educational options available. Here in North Carolina, we READ
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Select Items of Note in North Carolina’s 2023-2024 Budget Bill

NC Family Staff | September 27, 2023
Last Friday, state lawmakers in North Carolina gave final approval to a much anticipated, and much delayed, state budget. The 625-page HB 259—2023 Appropriations READ
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“What did you learn today?” An increasingly important question—especially for parents

Adamo Manfra | September 27, 2023
With everything going on in our society and culture, there are plenty of reasons for parents to worry about their children’s education. As the READ

POV: The Rights Side of Parenting

Adamo Manfra | April 3, 2023
“With great power comes great responsibility.” This line can be traced in various forms to former leaders like Winston Churchill, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, READ

“REACH Act” Would Require Instruction in Founding Documents

NC Family Staff | March 2, 2023
UPDATE (3/27/24): The NC REACH Act passed the NC House and has been taken up by the NC Senate, where it passed the first READ
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What Is (and Is Not) In the Parents’ Bill of Rights

NC Family Staff | February 15, 2023
The North Carolina Senate passed SB 49–Parents’ Bill of Rights on Tuesday, February 7. As the bill was considered in the Senate Education/Higher Education, READ
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2023 Session Summary – Two Weeks In…

NC Family Staff | February 10, 2023
The North Carolina General Assembly is finishing its second week of the 2023 Legislative Session, and it has been a relatively busy start to READ
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Parents’ Bill of Rights Passes NC Senate

NC Family Staff | February 7, 2023
This afternoon, the N.C. Senate passed SB 49, more commonly known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights, on a party-line vote of 29-18, with READ
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Parents’ Bill of Rights Moves Forward in NC Senate

NC Family Staff | February 1, 2023
(UPDATE: On Thursday morning, February 2, the N.C. Senate Health Care Committee approved SB 49. The bill now proceeds to the Senate Rules Committee READ

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