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Education leaders in more than 35 school districts are continuing to speak out in opposition to the extreme Republican plans proposed in the General Assembly that would decimate public schools and call on legislators to make meaningful investments in public education.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to highlight the extreme Republican plans to dismantle public education in North Carolina.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the UNC admissions case:
Today, the Governor’s Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in North Carolina approved the final report highlighting recommendations for strengthening the public university governance system for generations to come.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion about the extreme NC General Assembly legislation that would undermine and underfund public education.
Education leaders in over 30 school districts are speaking out to oppose the extreme North Carolina General Assembly legislation that would decimate public schools and calling on legislators to invest in public education.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Business Committee for Education (NCBCE) announced that seven public school teachers across the state will get $1,000 each for professional development as part of the Governor’s Educator Discovery Award.
Education leaders in over 25 school districts are speaking out opposing the extreme North Carolina General Assembly legislation that would decimate public schools and calling on legislators to invest in public education.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper directed $3 million in new federal funding to provide support for aspiring teachers to become fully licensed teachers in North Carolina. 
On May 23, Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to all state legislators in the House and Senate urging them to make meaningful investments in North Carolina’s public schools, students and teachers and stop their plans to dismantle public education by causing public schools to lose hundreds of millions of dollars through the expansion of private school vouchers, exacerbating the state’s teacher shortage and providing no substantive funding for early childhood education and child care.