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Gov. Beverly Perdue’s signing of a bill eliminating the public charter school cap has allowed for an opportunity to create more quality schools to address the state’s achievement gap for low income and mostly minority students.

Do you have a question about the new law that allows parents of children with disabilities to claim a tax credit of up to $6,000 for educational expenses? Ask your question below (don't forget to leave your contact information) and PEFNC will answer it.

Listeners on Mix 101.5 and HIS Radio will hear the below ad for PEFNC's public forum on tax credits for children with special needs on Tuesday, August 16 at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences.

Don't forget to register by clicking here.

Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) recently launched a campaign where supporters are making up to 5,000 calls to Gov. Beverly Perdue by June 15, pleading with her to help eliminate the charter cap.

Supporters made more than 500 phone calls prior to a Tuesday morning PEFNC press conference where national, state and community leaders, as well as a fifth grader from Durham, urged the governor to remove the cap. You can read more about the press conference here.

PEFNC President Darrell Allison recently took time to talk about parental school choice on two major media shows.

Allison discussed how charter schools and other nontraditional alternatives provide valuable options for parents on Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. Click here to listen in.

PEFNC President Darrell Allison will be on your television screen and on the airwaves this Friday.

In his latest op-ed, PEFNC President Darrell Allison uses parents like Sanford mom Leigh Reeves to help explain why House Bill 344 (Tax Credits for Children with Disabilities) is needed in North Carolina.

In part, Allison wrote:

Leigh's situation is familiar to thousands of parents across our state. Parents such as Terri Burcham in Greensboro, whose daughter has visual processing difficulties. Parents such as Leslie Petruck in Charlotte, whose son has a condition called XYY. Parents such as Leigh Reeves in Sanford.

Potential school closures in Wilmington and proposed legislation in Raleigh have left families in southeastern North Carolina with more questions than answers regarding the future of their child’s education.

PEFNC kicks off legislative school tours

Speaker of the House Thom Tillis and