North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoes omnibus charter school legislation

Just the News ^ | 7/21/22 | Alan Wooten

[CFW]

Another piece of charter school legislation was vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper late Friday afternoon.

The bill would have lessened the caps on enrollment growth. The Charter School Omnibus bill, as it is known, would also allow county commissioners to give property tax proceeds for capital projects.

Cooper, a second-term Democrat, previously vetoed the Charter School Review Board legislation.

The latest veto by Cooper is his 89th since taking office in January 2017 and 14th this session. Eight of those have already been reversed by successful override challenges, and more are expected.

Cooper’s statement on the veto, in full, said, “This bill allowing more students to attend failing charter schools risks their education and their future. The State Board of Education should continue to oversee the enrollment growth of charter schools to assure success. North Carolina should continue to cap the enrollment growth of low-performing charter schools until they can show that they improve student achievement. Finally, diverting local resources to build charter schools without clear authority on who owns them risks financial loss to county taxpayers who have no recourse.”

[OldGoatCPO]

We have family in the Raleigh-Durham area, it attracts the leftist because of the IT industry. Outside of Wake County, the Northern refugees trend conservative. I believe some of the recent influx of California refugees are actually conservative who can finally be open about it. Of course it is all anecdotal but I am really not concerned about RATS moving into Wake and Meklenburg Counties at least as far the make up of our State Houses. A friend told me one of the first thing many of the RATS from Cali do is buy a gun. Either, they are thrilled by the freedom to finally own a gun or they are afraid of Southern folks😂