Opportunity Scholarships

The latest data from the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority show Mecklenburg County students received nearly $40 million in Opportunity Scholarship funding this school year to attend private schools.

North Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase the amount of public money available to subsidize students in private schools. It would also authorize counties to offer up to $1,000 per pupil in local money for children in private schools.

The number of private school vouchers North Carolina offers could rapidly increase, if senate leaders get their way. They want to grow the program by $120…

Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina House want to significantly expand the state’s voucher program for private schools. That’s according to House…

North Carolina state government has paid about $4 million in private school tuition this year. It’s part of the Opportunity Scholarship program, which has…

A judge has ordered the permanent halt of a program designed to give low-income families taxpayer money to pay for tuition at private schools. Wake County…

A couple thousand students in North Carolina could attend private school next year with the help of public money. The state announced the winners of the…