http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/perdues_junior_year Comments for "Perdue's junior year" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/perdues_junior_year#comment-5399 <p>What a STUNNING SLAP in the faces of NC citizens when Perdue AND Moore showed the height of ARROGANCE by refusing to participate in the statewide broadcasted goobernatorial debate last night! </p> <p>Hopefully NC citizens can see that either one of these clowns will guarantee 'MORE CORRUPTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION' in NC!!!</p> Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:34:39 -0400 FFC1304 comment 5399 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/perdues_junior_year <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/bevperduehead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p><a href="/dome/profiles/beverly_perdue">Beverly Perdue</a> tackled education as a third-term state senator.</p><p>During the state legislature&#39;s 1995-96 term, 12 of the 51 <a href="http://ncleg.net/gascripts/billinquiry/displaybills.pl">bills</a> she sponsored dealt with North Carolina&#39;s <a href="http://www.ncpublicschools.org/">public schools</a>.</p><p>Successes included bills to <a href="http://ncleg.net/Sessions/1995/Bills/Senate/HTML/S16v3.html">ask</a> the <a href="http://www.ncpublicschools.org/state_board/">State Board of Education</a> for recommended changes in the public school system, <a href="http://ncleg.net/Sessions/1995/Bills/Senate/HTML/S26v7.html">allow</a> local school boards to expel dangerous students and <a href="http://ncleg.net/Sessions/1995/Bills/Senate/HTML/S701v2.html">prevent</a> education officials from requiring that learning disabled students complete Algebra I.</p><p>Perdue also introduced bills to <a href="http://ncleg.net/Sessions/1995/Bills/Senate/HTML/S909v1.html">give</a> teachers the same longevity benefits as state employees and <a href="http://ncleg.net/Sessions/1995/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1454v1.html">reward</a> teaching excellence.</p><p>Less successful was an attempt to create a &quot;<a href="http://ncleg.net/Sessions/1995/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1071v1.html">Common Sense Regulatory Review Commission</a>.&quot;</p><p>Apparently, the legislature decided that common sense does not require regulation. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/perdues_junior_year#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (1)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/perdues_junior_year#comment Beverly Perdue Emily Stephenson General Assembly Governor &#039;08 State Board of Education Under the Dome Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:34:11 -0400 estephenson 5243 at http://projects.newsobserver.com