We have many challenges ahead in the next few months. I am disappointed that the Department has wandered so far outside of its own jurisdiction as they have done in this instance.
The Fiscal Memorandum for HB-41 was prepared by the North Carolina General Assembly’s non-partisan staff and outlines the savings to our state for allowing parents to have choice in education.
Tax Fairness In Education – Benefits of Providing Parents with Choice. Learn more about how providing parents with choice will benefit our state government and our students.
North Carolina’s state government must reduce costs and regulation on business, large and small, so that they can create jobs and prosperity. If the people of North Carolina entrust Republicans with a majority in the General Assembly on November 2, 2010, we commit to govern the State by focusing on these priorities…
Read legislation sponsored by Rep. Stam during the 2009 and 2010 sessions of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
The 2010 “short session” of the NC General Assembly is winding down with plenty of unfinished business. The Democratic leadership has refused to allow consideration of a number of important bills, primarily sponsored by Republicans.
Recent public opinion polls emphatically indicate North Carolina citizens resoundingly support these Republican initiatives. However, they have been refused a fair hearing in the legislature.
The North Carolina House of Representatives on Thursday adopted four significant amendments to SB 897, the 2010-2011 budget bill. These amendments, offered by Republican legislators, will eliminate unnecessary end-of-grade tests and provide funding to teachers for classroom supplies, prohibit the paying of “golden parachutes” to state employees who are terminated or leave their jobs; forbid the practice of allowing in-state tuition for out of state students, and allow funds from the NC Lottery to be distributed equally to charter and traditional public schools.
On Thursday, June 3, 2010, the North Carolina House rejected, by a vote of 51 to 65, a procedural motion to allow the House to consider the education expense credit described below. Democratic leaders urged their colleagues to reject this annual savings to state and local government of $51 million.
Voters Send Clear Message Focus Is on Issues Affecting Families Raleigh – The message is clear from Tuesday’s election in Wake County and around the country. Voters are squarely focused on core issues affecting their family and their future more than at any time in recent history. The clean sweep of four seats for the [...]
Community Colleges to Admit Illegal Immigrants Raleigh—The NC Board of Community Colleges, in a meeting today, changed its policy to allow illegal immigrants to attend its degree programs. These students would be required to pay out-of-state tuition. In adopting this policy the Board ignored and defied the people of NC and Governor Perdue. Polling has [...]
