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4 May, 4 tweets, 4 min read
INBOX: Senate passes bill expanding Opportunity Scholarships.
Release here: bergerpress.medium.com/senate-passes-…
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#ncga #nced
Dem. Sen. Natasha Marcus spoke against the scholarships during floor debate. She said that "public funds should be used for public schools and not for private schools that are completely unaccountable."
She questioned private school teacher qualifications.
#ncga
Sen. Marcus then said private schools "don't have to demonstrate what their students are learning."

Sen. Lee countered, "Whenever someone says you should give money to the schools, I think the money should follow the child."
#ncga
Lee also said, "Parents should be the ones to decide what is in the best interests of their children."

Sen. Marcus is an example of a parent who decides what is in the best interest of her children. efinstitute.org/school-choice-…

#ncpol #ncga #nced

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6 May
INBOX: The NCAE doesn't like the idea of posting class materials, videos, links, etc on their school's website for parents to see per requirements in SB 755.

Here's their statement, stick around for the thread.

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NCAE Pres. says that "The idea of academic transparency is a solution in search of a problem"
Her reason is all materials & texts are vetted, so there is no need to see them.
She leaves out a lot of materials are district sourced or teacher-created. These are not vetted...
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23 Mar
Hearing featuring NCSBE Exec. Dir. about to start

Here's the NC Dem Party press release, which bizarrely switches to focusing on @CawthornforNC, who was not in office when the consent agreement occurred.
#ncpol 1/2
The last part of the NCDP statement, still trying to tie Cawthorn to the agreement Brinson Bell entered into.
SB 326 doesn't prevent collection after election day, but does trim the 3 day acceptance period after election day.
#ncpol #ncga
Here's the link to the committee hearing, which just started:
ncleg.gov/LegislativeCal…

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4 Mar
The State Board of Ed is meeting right now.
Coming up soon, NC Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Susan Gale-Perry & Dr. Betsy Tilson have an update.

Listen/watch:
Agenda: simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/Vi…
#ncpol #nced
NCDHHS presentation lists toolkit changes and updates on the COVID testing pilot in schools.
FWIW, I've been trying to get an update on that pilot since January but no response from DHHS.

simbli.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/Attac…
Presentation agenda
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4 Mar
Last night, the NC Democratic Party sent out this press release mocking Republicans for trying to get schools opened with another override of #SB37, characterizing the motion as "political games."
#ncpol #ncga
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Here is a close-up of the cartoon depicting @NCHouseSpeaker and @SenatorBerger as not having a plan but the governor does.
Cooper is holding a leaflet that says Hybrid Learning + CDC. The cartoon went a few hours after Sec. Cohen altered the NCDHHS StrongSchools Toolkit.
The reality is the opposite of the cartoon, starting with Cooper's 2-week delayed school statement last July that said schools could open under Plan B... OR Plan C.
Most chose C, keeping the bulk of NC's 1.5m students at home.

nsjonline.com/article/2020/0…
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3 Mar
NCDHHS does not keep a change log in the StrongSchools toolkit for the revisions they make to it. That makes it hard to tell what was changed.
Here are the major changes I found that were on pg 3 of the Feb. 2 version, but now cover pgs 3-4. (thread) #ncpol #nced
There is a new paragraph which reads begins with the text "On February 12..."

files.nc.gov/covid/document…
The section immediately below new text on pg 3 has been altered. "Local flexiblity and Planning for Different Scenarios" was moved out of the bullet points and renamed "Operational Flexibility and Planning for Different Scenarios"
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2 Mar
Senate is back in session.
Motion made to add veto override to top of the calendar.

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Sen. Ballard: I am appalled the governor continues to withhold in-class instruction to students even as we progress in vaccinating our teachers.
#ncga #SB37
Ballard highlights CDC guidelines on distancing.
Says K-12 settings should be last to close, first to reopen.
Gov. Cooper has shown we can open schools, all other industries are open, incl. bars now partly opened.
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