Amid a flurry of activity at the General Assembly on Jones Street in Raleigh this week, Moore County’s Senator, Tom McInnis, filed several bills he said are aimed at bolstering local and statewide educational efforts.
Those bills include a measure to remove institutional testing requirements for teachers, school year calendar flexibility for Moore County and the inclusion of 10th-grade students in dual enrollment programs at community colleges.
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