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1078
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The authors offer their opinions about improving public schools in North Carolina.
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Voice (NoCar LB 2831.624 N8 V6x), Vol. Issue , Spring 1993, p16-17, por
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2136
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The state is working to bring public schools to a level comparable with the university system and is focusing on such areas as dropouts, reducing class size, capital outlays, improved communication skills, and math.
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2387
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Statewide public school enrollment will rise over the next ten years, but the enrollment growth rate will decline. Forty-five percent of school systems will have ten percent or more growth with the rest experiencing modest growth or decline.
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2467
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Educational legislation passed by the 1995 General Assembly was rated by educators from \"A\" to \"Incomplete\" for areas ranging from classroom needs to school facilities.
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NCAE News Bulletin (NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Aug 1995, p1,3, il Periodical Website
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2552
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Believing that public education is failing, proponents of school choice encourage the General Assembly to provide more options for parents, like charter schools, vouchers, tax credits and tuition grants.
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2553
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Opponents of school choice options argue that they violate the constitutional separation of church and state and the N.C. Constitution's public purpose clause, and would divert funds from public schools.
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3013
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The State Board of Education's New ABC Plan for Public Education returns major responsibilities for public education to local school boards. The school systems will pilot the program during the 1996-1997 school year.
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Voice (NoCar LB 2831.624 N8 V6x), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Spring 1996, p14-15, por
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4351
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Declining public school enrollments for most school units appear at an end, as enrollments increased in the 1990-1991 school year. Enrollment statistics are gathered from the average daily membership, or ADM. The State Department of Public Instruction projects continuing increases during the next decade. Tables of projected changes in average daily membership of the state's 129 school units are included.
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4357
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The State Department of Public Instruction projects school enrollment mostly to increase over the next decade, 1992-93 to 2002-03. Of the state's 121 school units, 94 units can expect higher enrollment. Fifty-six of the 94 units can expect increases of 10 percent or more. Another 22 units can expect increases of 20 percent or more. Twenty-six units can expect some decline during the same period.
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4380
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In 1997, the North Carolina General Assembly revised General Statute 115C-431, the law governing budget disputes between local boards of education and county commissioners. The use of mediation procedures was adopted. Stephens and Michel discuss and analyze this process in handling school funding disputes in Lee, Pamlico, and Wake Counties in 1997.
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4382
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In 1995-96, the number of home-schooled children in North Carolina exceeded 13,000. Eventually a point is reached where parents of these children cannot instruct in advanced courses, such as chemistry and physics, and request local school systems to allow their children to attend part-time. Schools are not required to do this, either by state or federal law. North Carolina law does not prohibit this, allowing schools systems to decide requests on an individual basis.
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School Law Bulletin (NoCar K 23 C33), Vol. 28 Issue 3, Summer 1997, p16-22, il
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4383
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Section 115C-431 of the North Carolina General Statutes lays out the procedure for resolving a dispute between a local board of education's request for more operating funds than the local county commissioners are willing to meet. Powell discusses the law's development from the pre-1920 statutes, through the statutes of 1923, 1955, 1975, 1989, 1996, and 1997.
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4748
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Michael Ward, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction, issues to local school boards five challenges to meet that are essential for public school success. They are providing safe schools; requiring accountability and the ABCs; meeting standards for promotion of students; closing the academic gap between white and minority students; and recruiting quality teachers.
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Voice (NoCar LB 2831.624 N8 V6x), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2000, p10-11, il
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4829
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Since 1983, public schools in North Carolina have experienced ten major reform efforts. These include the 1985 Basic Education Program, the Year-Round School Movement in 1989, the 1996 Charter School Legislation, and the 1996 ABC Plan. Critics say the state tries too many new programs and does not allow any of them enough time for proper evaluation. Williams and Scharer discuss each of the ten programs in detail.
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North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 19 Issue 1/2, Oct 2000, p58-65, 68-107, il, f Periodical Website
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4838
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The suicide rate among adolescents is increasing, and families often sue school systems, holding them responsible. To date no North Carolina state court has held a school system liable for a student's suicide. However, the possibility exists. Cafaro discusses some of the significant school liability issues, including negligence.
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