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Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:17 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — North Carolina legislators are considering greater separation between taxpayer-funded charter schools and the local or state school boards which run the rest of the state's 2,500 public schools.
A state Senate committee on Wednesday discussed legislation that would make charter schools more aggressive competitors for students and the taxpayer money that follows them.
A new charter school board separate from the state Board of Education would decide things like the financial accountability standards the schools must follow.
The measure would cancel the current requirement that at least half a charter school's teachers be certified. Charter school directors could decide whether to check job applicants for any criminal history. Local school boards would be required to lease available buildings or land to a charter school for $1 a year. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:18 |
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Monday, 25 March 2013 16:09 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — The attorney for a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student who faces possible expulsion after saying publicly she's a rape victim says his client has filed a federal complaint against the school for retaliation.
Attorney Clay Turner says in a letter that Landen Gambill filed the complaint Monday with the Department of Education. In the letter, Turner asks Chancellor Holden Thorp to dismiss charges against Gambill.
Gambill is accused of violating the honor code by creating an intimidating environment for the man who says raped her, although she hasn't named him. A campus board earlier cleared him of the sexual assault charge and but found him guilty of harassing her. He faces no criminal charges.
Her complaint is one of three filed with DOE against the university this year about sexual assault.
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Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2013 16:10 |
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Monday, 25 March 2013 10:26 |
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FAYETTEVILLE, (AP) — The founder of the FastMed Urgent Care clinics has donated $1 million to Methodist University in Fayetteville to endow professorships.
The donation comes from Dr. Jason Williams, a member of the university board of trustees and a 1998 graduate of Methodist. The university says the money will help endow professorships in the physician assistant, professional nursing studies, biology and campus ministry departments.
Williams said it is critical that the university have highly qualified professors in those disciplines.
The university has about 2,400 students. FastMed Urgent Care recently opened its 50th clinic.
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Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2013 10:42 |
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Monday, 25 March 2013 10:24 |
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RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) – A 14-year-old girl was killed Monday morning crossing the street to board her school bus.
The accident happened on N.C. Highway 50 near J.R. Drive south of Garner in Wake County.
Highway Patrol officials report a 2001 Pontiac traveling north hit the teen in front of her house shortly after 6:30 a.m.
The bus was headed to Garner Magnet High School.
Speed does not appear to be a factor in the wreck, according to Sgt. Jeff Gordon. No word if charges will be filed in the accident. |
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