top of page

ON THE ISSUES

EDUCATION

  • Empowering Parents: Parents should not have to fight to have a voice in their children’s education — they should be the ultimate voice. Grant supports competency-focused education that prepares students to succeed, not social indoctrination or social experiments that divert resources from addressing learning loss.

  • Preparing Students for the Workforce: North Carolina’s education system must do a better job of meeting the needs of today’s workforce. Grant supports strengthening our community colleges and expanding access to job-specific training so North Carolinians are prepared for new opportunities created by businesses locating and expanding in our state.

  • Expanding School Choice: Grant supports school choice, including Opportunity Scholarships, so families have access to educational options regardless of their income. Giving parents more choices also encourages competition and helps strengthen public education.

  • Increasing Teacher Pay: North Carolina must offer competitive compensation to attract talented young people to the teaching profession and retain effective educators. Grant supports higher teacher salaries accompanied by objective measures of job performance.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  • Putting Communities First: Economic development should provide meaningful opportunities for the people who already call North Carolina home. Grant supports expanding the ability of community colleges to offer affordable, industry-specific training — including flexible class schedules — so local residents can qualify for jobs created by incoming businesses.

  • Demanding Accountability: Businesses receiving taxpayer-funded incentives should be held accountable for the jobs, investments, and other commitments they promise to deliver. Incentives should be withheld when those commitments are not met.

  • Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: The best way for state government to encourage economic growth is to exercise discipline and restraint in its spending. Government should take no more from North Carolina taxpayers than is necessary to meet its responsibilities.

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

  • Supporting Law Enforcement: Grant stands with the men and women of law enforcement. He supports stronger penalties for assaulting law-enforcement officers, resisting arrest, and fleeing from a crime scene.

  • Enforcing the Law: Laws have little meaning unless they are enforced and prosecuted. Grant believes prosecutors must be held accountable for carrying out their responsibilities, including enforcing bail requirements and aggressively prosecuting repeat offenders.

  • Providing Tax Relief for First-Responder Families: Grant supports exempting the surviving spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty from state income tax.

VETERANS

  • Honoring Those Who Served: America’s veterans deserve our enduring gratitude for the sacrifices they have made in defense of our nation.

  • Recognizing Military Training: Grant supports requiring educational institutions and credentialing organizations to recognize applicable military training, helping veterans put their experience to work and enter civilian careers more quickly.

  • Supporting Veterans Organizations: Grant supports state assistance for nongovernmental organizations dedicated to helping veterans and their families.

  • Providing Tax Relief for Heroes: Grant supports exempting Purple Heart recipients and Gold Star spouses from state income tax.

HEALTHCARE

  • Protecting Personal Healthcare Decisions: Grant opposes government control over personal healthcare decisions. He supports creating a level playing field so North Carolinians in rural communities have access to the same quality of care available in metropolitan areas.

  • Confronting the Opioid Crisis: North Carolina must take the opioid and fentanyl crisis more seriously. Grant supports connecting first-time possession offenders with treatment while aggressively prosecuting and sentencing the drug dealers who profit from addiction. He also supports stronger border security to help stop the flow of fentanyl into our communities.

  • Strengthening the Healthcare Workforce: Grant supports increasing medical- and nursing-school enrollment at North Carolina’s public universities. He also supports incentives that encourage doctors and nurses to practice in rural areas, establish roots in those communities, and help eliminate the healthcare-quality gap between rural and metropolitan North Carolina.

SECOND AMENDMENT

  • Defending Constitutional Rights: The right to keep and bear arms is a constitutionally guaranteed right — full stop. Grant believes restrictions placed on law-abiding citizens do nothing to reduce gun violence.

bottom of page