On the legislative front, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger presented SB795 to the Senate Committee on Education/Higher Education on Wednesday (5/23).  The Committee passed the Excellent Public Schools Act (SB795) yesterday and sent it to the Senate Appropriations Committee.  This bill contains some provisions that should help in getting more teachers into the classroom and aid in improving the states K- 3 reading scores.  A recent study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found students who do not read at grade-level by the end of third grade are four times more likely to not graduate from high school.  If you want to know more about the the bill Click here.

In my last post I talked about House Bill 645: Motor Fuel Excise Tax Adjustments and Studies.  This bill would cap the gas tax at 37.5 for one year.  This will definitely have an impact on DOT projects.  I don't think it will effect the HWY 74 By-pass project but it could.  Need to watch this bill.

That's all for this week.  If you haven't made you reservation for the Raleigh trip please give me a call.  It would be a good day to get an up date on these pieces of legislation and many others.