vouchers

The State Board of Education voted 9-2 to request a moratorium on new spending for Opportunity Scholarship vouchers as part of its budget request to the General Assembly.

NC House Speaker Tim Moore says the legislature should add $300 million to the state's private school voucher program to address higher-than-expected demand for help paying tuition.

Last spring, as part of our weekly Finding Home series, WFAE reported on problems with the federal Section 8 housing voucher program in Mecklenburg…

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…

News Director Greg Collard, education reporter Lisa Miller and Money & Influence reporter Tom Bullock discuss a Wake County judge's ruling against North…

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…

North Carolina laws are changing, from what you need to vote, to which clinics can provide abortions, to how teachers keep their jobs. The General…