The North Carolina legislature is considering legislation that would end a school board’s ability to sue its county board of commissioners over school funding.
Continue reading...The News & Observer reports that the North Carolina State Board of Education plans to vote on a special application for virtual schools that want to run public charters and receive taxpayer money.
Continue reading...The Fayette Observer reports that Clarinda and Lionel Shawn Cox, the parents of Justin Cox, have filed suit in federal court against the Sampson County Board of Education, alleging their then-fifth grade son was strip-searched in June 2012 by now-former Union Elementary School Assistant Principal Teresa Holmes for $20 reported missing in the school’s cafeteria.
Continue reading...The Charlotte Observer reports that under North Carolina’s School Violence Prevention Act of 2012, it will be a misdemeanor for students to post something online “with the intent to intimidate or torment a school employee.” This expansion of the state’s existing cyberbullying law, that goes into effect December 1, 2012, may be the first of its kind in the country.
Continue reading...As reported by Stars and Stripes, Dwayne Coffer, a U.S. Army reservist and Afghanistan veteran, has filed suit against the Warren County school system claiming that his employment contract at Warren County High School was not renewed after he was ordered to instruct at an Army leadership course for one month in March 2008.
Continue reading...As reported on StarNewsOnline.com, the Pender County Board of Education has settled a lawsuit brought by Charter Day School, a local charter school, for $27,900.
Continue reading...StarNewsonline.com reports that Rick Holliday, Assistant Superintendent for Support Services, has announced that New Hanover County Schools’ use of seclusion rooms to deal with students’ aggressive behavior does not violate North Carolina law.
Continue reading...As reported on Educationnews.com, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education has reached agreements with four school districts to ensure that girls get equal athletic opportunities as male students.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press report on Reflector.com, Wake County Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones ruled on June 29, 2012, that the North Carolina Virtual Academy cannot start enrolling students this fall.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press report on newsobserver.com, Wake County Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones heard arguments earlier this week in an appeal by the North Carolina Board of Education of an administrative law judge’s decision to allow students to begin enrolling in Fall 2012 in a statewide virtual charter school.
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