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4 days ago | 
ednc.org | Liz Bell
Members of Gov. Josh Stein’s Task Force on Child Care and Early Education got a peek inside child care programs’ budgets at the group’s third meeting Monday. The task force’s first report, with recommendations on how the state should expand access to high-quality, affordable child care, is due to the governor’s office at the end of June.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Liz Bell
This article was originally published in EducationNC. In the last 18 years, Wilkes County has lost 56 child care programs, 67% of its child care capacity. This year, thanks to a scrappy community effort, local leaders saved the county from losing another.
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1 week ago | 
us9.campaign-archive.com | Maurice Green |Liz Bell |Caroline Parker |Mebane Rash
Perspective | What North Carolina told me: Reflections from the road by Maurice Green When I took office as state superintendent earlier this year, I made a promise to North Carolinians: before charting our course forward, I would listen.
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1 week ago | 
ednc.org | Liz Bell
If rural communities want to attract jobs, child care solutions are needed, economic experts said at a convening on rural investment hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond this month. Child care, transportation, and housing are “the Holy Trinity of community development,” said Daniel Davis, group vice president at the bank, which covers a six-state region including North Carolina. “You put those three together, and then suddenly, we’re able to support the jobs,” Davis said.
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2 weeks ago | 
ednc.org | Liz Bell
A need for 'solid footing' across access, affordability, and quality Early Bird readers, hello again. Newcomers, welcome! If you were forwarded this email, you can sign up here to receive it every two weeks, and join our conversation on issues facing North Carolina’s young children and those who support them. If you’re already a subscriber, please help us reach more people by sharing this with your friends and co-workers interested in early childhood education.
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2 weeks ago | 
us9.campaign-archive.com | Hannah McClellan |Ben S. Humphries |Liz Bell |Chantal Brown
House budget calls for master’s pay and higher raises for beginning teachers by Hannah Vinueza McClellan, Ben Humphries, Liz Bell and Chantal Brown Contents The North Carolina Republican-led House passed its 2025-27 budget plan on Thursday with strong bipartisan support, calling for an average 8.7% raise for teachers, with higher raises going toward beginning teachers.
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2 weeks ago | 
ednc.org | Hannah McClellan |Ben S. Humphries |Liz Bell |Chantal Brown
The North Carolina Republican-led House passed its 2025-27 budget plan on Thursday with strong bipartisan support, calling for an average 8.7% raise for teachers, with higher raises going toward beginning teachers. Most other state employees would receive an across-the-board raise of 2.5% in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26. In comparison, the Senate budget would give most state employees an across-the-board raise of 1.25% in FY 2025-26, along with a $3,000 raise over the biennium.
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2 weeks ago | 
ednc.org | Liz Bell
In the last 18 years, Wilkes County has lost 56 child care programs, 67% of its child care capacity. This year, thanks to a scrappy community effort, local leaders saved the county from losing another. Sharon Phillips and her daughter Katy Hinson, owners of PlayWorks Early Care and Learning Center, cut the ribbon on their new location inside Wilkesboro United Methodist Church in April, expanding their business after months of wondering whether they’d survive at all.
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3 weeks ago | 
us9.campaign-archive.com | Ben S. Humphries |Chantal Brown |Liz Bell |Hannah McClellan
Which education bills are still under consideration at the General Assembly? by Ben Humphries, Chantal Brown, Liz Bell and Hannah Vinueza McClellan Contents K-12Early ChildhoodCommunity collegesAll education-related bills that made crossover The General Assembly’s crossover deadline was May 8.
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3 weeks ago | 
ednc.org | Ben S. Humphries |Chantal Brown |Liz Bell |Hannah McClellan
The General Assembly’s crossover deadline was May 8. After that day, most bills that haven’t been passed by at least one chamber — and therefore haven’t “crossed over” to the other — are no longer able to become law this session. Bill filing deadlines and the crossover deadline are adopted at the beginning of each legislative session in an effort to pace the session and prevent it from dragging on late into the summer. However, there are some exceptions to the crossover rule.
