North Carolina General Assembly

Formal announcements are made in the race for N.C. Senate, Republicans override several of Gov. Stein’s vetoes with the help of local Democrats, and the National Transportation Safety Board investigates an accident on Interstate 485 that left six dead.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools got $3.4 million from the county to match the anticipated 4.5% teacher raises. But the General Assembly will hold raises to an average of 3% — unless lawmakers change their minds.

Buried deep in the North Carolina House budget bill is a provision to let one Mooresville charter school open this August without state review. Its board members include a U.S. senator's wife and a congressional staffer.

A growing number of school boards have voted to defy North Carolina's calendar law, but on Wednesday a Carteret County judge forced that district to follow the law and wait until late August to open.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board members are looking at year-round school or four-day weeks as options if the North Carolina General Assembly won't let the district start classes earlier in August. CMS leaders want to give first-semester exams before winter break.

North Carolina lawmakers focused on education reform want the General Assembly to change the way the state grades schools.

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.