North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina Democrats and public education advocates blasted the Senate budget plan Tuesday, saying it shortchanges public schools.

A voucher bill that would let all North Carolina families get public money to cover private school tuition moved a step closer to reality Wednesday.

The House Education Committee Tuesday approved a bill that would let North Carolina charter schools admit out-of-state students who pay tuition — something traditional public schools already can do.

State Superintendent Catherine Truitt gave North Carolina legislators new data on dramatic reading gains for kindergarteners. A few hours later the state corrected it.

The North Carolina state Senate has passed “Parents’ Bill of Rights” legislation that in part would prohibit instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in K-3 public school curriculum.

In the wake of a school shooting in Texas, North Carolina legislators get a report on anonymous threat reporting, threat assessment training and other school safety efforts.

Legislation authorizing marijuana for medical use in North Carolina and developing a system to grow, sell and regulate cannabis is back on the front burner in the Senate.

North Carolina's hemp industry would become permanently exempt from the state's controlled substances law in omnibus agricultural legislation approved unanimously by the Senate on Tuesday.

A “Parents' Bill of Rights” bill that also would address how some LGBT issues are handled in North Carolina public schools is heading to the Senate floor. Critics say the measure would intimidate and harm LGBTQ youth by forcing schools to reveal to parents more about changes to their child's health services.

A Republican measure that supporters say would empower North Carolina parents to better monitor their children’s public school education has cleared a state Senate committee. But the measure approved Wednesday also bars K-3 class curriculum from addressing LGBTQ matters and wades into other contentious issues around pronouns for children and their medical treatment.