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NWRESA | August 14 CCRESA | December 12
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NERESA | November 7 PTEC | April 3
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The North Carolina Alliance for School Leadership Development (NCASLD) and the North Carolina School Superintendents' Association (NCSSA) has announced the selection of Dr. Ron Hargrave, Superintendent of Scotland County Schools, as the recipient of the Dr. Brad Sneeden Leadership Award. The award was presented on Sunday, June 23 at the NCSSA Superintendents' Summer Leadership Retreat in Asheville and is awarded in honor and recognition of a superintendent who has demonstrated a strong commitment to life-long learning, unwavering integrity in leadership and transformation of vision into action.
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Dr. Lory Morrow, Superintendent of Lincoln County Schools, has joined Dr. Patrick Miller, Superintendent of Greene County Schools, in representing North Carolina on the Governing Board for the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). Dr. Morrow, who also is President-Elect of the North Carolina Association of School Administrators (NCASA), was recognized for this appointment Tuesday at her local board of education meeting by Jack Hoke, Executive Director of the North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association (NCSSA), which is one of NCASA’s core affiliates.
With most traditional public schools in NC starting school Aug. 26, many educators are growing increasingly concerned by the lack of a new state budget and the funding it provides. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the budget proposal offered by Republican leadership 27 days ago, yet a compromise on a permanent state spending plan is nowhere in sight. According to Lauren Horsch, a political reporter for the NC Insider state government news service, it costs about $46,000 per day to hold a legislative session, meaning it has cost NC taxpayers nearly $1.2 million so far to continue General Assembly operations without a budget. Legislators have held a few committee meetings or floor votes on some of these days, but most recent days have seen empty hallways and little to no legislative action.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 28-4 to give final approval to a compromise negotiated with the House on changes to the Read to Achieve program. The House quickly followed suit this morning and voted 68-48 in favor of the revised Senate Bill 438, as recommended by the bill negotiators.
It was another slow week at the legislature, with the Senate taking another week off and the House holding very few committee meetings as the budget impasse continues. House lawmakers pushed forward a couple of bills regarding changes to the Innovative School District (ISD) and student conduct standards, and also appointed certain members to a conference committee to work out proposed changes to the State’s Read to Achieve program. Notably, House lawmakers also amended a rural health care bill to add a provision giving counties the flexibility to levy, by referendum, an additional quarter-cent local sales tax, which could be used for public education purposes. Since last week’s publication, the Governor also signed into law two education-related bills, and vetoed a bill which would have expanded enrollment for NC virtual charter schools. The legislature also presented to the Governor the Senate’s stopgap budget proposal, which would not affect K-12 education funding, but would ensure continuity in certain federal grant programs while budget negotiations continue.
