As lawmakers prepare to expand North Carolina's school voucher program and critics question its oversight, here are answers to questions about how the program works.

North Carolina notifies families that 13,500 students will get new Opportunity Scholarships in 2024, but roughly 40,000 make too much money under the new priority system.

When North Carolina lawmakers voted for a dramatic expansion of private school vouchers, they added a small step toward accountability for the schools that get public money. But so far that demand is mostly creating concern and confusion.

North Carolina's voucher expansion makes all private school students eligible for public money to help pay tuition, starting in August. But about one-third of private schools don't take Opportunity Scholarships.

After months of looking for Teaching Achieving Students Academy, a private school that gets state voucher money but didn’t seem to have a location, WFAE reporter Ann Doss Helms found the school earlier this month. But when she came to the WFAE studio a week later, she also found a “cease and desist” letter from its headmistress.

About 72,000 students applied for North Carolina private school vouchers for 2024-25. That means about 40,000 higher-income families may be turned down.

A Charlotte private school that gets North Carolina vouchers but didn't seem to have a location lists a new address in Cabarrus County. And a reporter finds students there.

WFAE's Ann Doss Helms found records for one school in Mecklenburg County receiving the scholarships last year, but couldn't find the physical school. Six months later, Teaching Achieving Students Academy still receives state money and she still can’t find it. Helms joined WFAE's Marshall Terry on Morning Edition to talk about it.

A Charlotte private school that has received more than $400,000 in North Carolina vouchers was evicted this week by another private school that had been leasing its space. The landlord school didn't want its reputation tainted by questions about the tenant.

North Carolina's private-school enrollment showed its steepest climb in two decades last year, according to new state data. The change comes as legislators prepare to expand public vouchers for tuition.

Teaching Achieving Students Academy is operating out of a leased classroom in another private school on North Graham Street. It’s taking applications for this fall, and the state says it’s cleared to keep receiving Opportunity Scholarships.