Mind Your Business - BONUS EPISODE - Legislative Update & News on Early Childhood Compensation Grants
Mind Your Business - A Podcast Series produced by the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce
English - June 28, 2024 23:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit boone nc boone high country nc mountains vision nwnc economic development watauga county nc Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
BONUS CONTENT ALERT!! The North Carolina General Assembly is in recess and we have a few short updates about what has transpired in Raleigh over the past few weeks and months.
The main focus of this bonus installment of Mind Your Business centers around Early Childhood Education, and action taken by the NC House and Senate to extend compensation grants, or stabilization grants, to the end of the calendar year. This action saved a MAJOR disruption in early childhood services across the State, while also buying time for more conversation as the budget process continues.
Halee Hartley, Owner of Kid Cove here in Watauga County, is part of a team of early childhood advocates that has spent a good deal of time in Raleigh working on this important issue. She updates us on what happened, what it means, and how we can be involved in what comes next as early childhood education remains top of mind with NC legislators.
Mind Your Business is a weekly (and sometimes daily) production of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce. Our show is made possible thanks to the sponsorship support of Appalachian Commercial Real Estate.
Bills discussed on the show:
NC Senate Joint Resolution 916(adjournment)
NC Senate Bill 912 (Watauga County Board of Education Districts)
NC Senate Bill 357 (adjustments to current appropriations -- compensation grants)