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NC Department of Public Instruction

U.S. state government agency (official public-education source; not a news outlet)

Owned byAgency of the State of North Carolina. The elected Superintendent of Public Instruction, currently Democrat Maurice "Mo" Green, runs it day to day. The governor-appointed State Board of Education sets policy.
FundingFunded by North Carolina state appropriations from the General Assembly, plus federal education funds, mainly Title I and IDEA. Federal money is nearly 11% of the state's education budget, according to reporting. It runs no advertising or subscriptions.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

The Department of Public Instruction implements North Carolina's public school laws for pre-K through 12th grade. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is elected statewide and serves as secretary of the State Board of Education and a member of the Council of State. The State Board of Education sets policy. The state legislature, the governor and the elected superintendent have a long history of disputes over how much power each holds over schools. Mo Green, a former Guilford County Schools superintendent, took office on January 1, 2025, as the 22nd superintendent and the first Black person to hold the office. He is a Democrat. He succeeded Republican Catherine Truitt. Its content is mostly press releases, data reports, policy guidance, and blog posts, and it presents the agency's own priorities favorably. In 2025, Green issued a statement on President Trump's executive order aimed at dismantling the federal Department of Education. He warned that federal funding cuts would hurt students, because federal funds support over 14,000 school positions in the state. In July 2025, Green joined Attorney General Jeff Jackson in a lawsuit over about $165 million in frozen federal K-12 funds. In 2026, the department announced a Superintendent's Parent Advisory Council and a Southern Regional Education Board leadership award. Readers should treat it as an authoritative source for official data and decisions, but one that speaks as an interested party.

Sources

  1. Statement from NC State Superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green on President Trump's Executive Order
  2. NC joins lawsuit vs. Trump's Department of Education over $165m in frozen K-12 funds (WUNC)
  3. Mo Green warns against federal funding cuts amid questions about DOE's future (WFAE)
  4. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (Wikipedia)
  5. North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction (Ballotpedia)
  6. About DPI

Profile compiled 2026-10-14; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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