Three Education-Related NC House Bills To Watch

HB322 would change School Performance Grade formula to 50/50 growth/achievement. Feel like this is considered yearly. #ncadmin #ncpol #ncga

— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) May 6, 2017

Proposed N.C. Legislation Moving From Common Core: My Tweets 4/24/14

#NCGA legislative #CommonCore committee is currently meeting to determine recom. (possible #CCSS elimination) for short session. #ncadmin
— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) April 24, 2014

Lawmakers propose dumping Common Core standards in NC http://t.co/1iJutgPu6X | #ncga #ncpol #ncadmin (trying to keep up...but it's tough)
— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) April 24, 2014

Details about 'Voucher' Money

On September 11th, I posted the following rhetorical tweet:

$11.7 million will be taken from public schools budget in 14-15 for vouchers; will $ be returned to pub schools if not used? #ncgov #ncpol
— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) September 12, 2013

Legislation: Fact vs. Myth Popplet Presentation (Part II)

Following the Pre-Assessment of "Legislation: Fact vs. Myth", I facilitated the presentation using Popplet.  This presentation occurred at Ashbrook High School on August 22, 2013 to the Faculty and Staff:

May 8th #ncadmin Chat: Legislative Issues in NC Education

On Wednesday, May 8th, I moderated the #ncadmin chat, "Legislative Issues in NC Education".  I provided  Bill's as "talking points" and the collaboration consisted of how it will impact education in North Carolina.

Bills discussed during the chat included:

H719: "Education Improvement Act of 2013"

H935: "NC Pre-K Law Changes"

H944: "Opportunity Scholarship Act"

S374: "NC Public Schools Budget Flexibility Act"

Check out the archive of the chat here via Storify: Legislative Issues in NC Education

Thanks for reading,

CS

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