NC Opportunity Scholarships

This year, the state spent over $432 million helping about 80,000 students attend private schools. That’s nearly $250 million more than it spent last year, and more than twice the number of recipients.

North Carolina lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a veto override of a bill that would commit nearly $6.5 billion in state funding for private school vouchers over the next decade. The Opportunity Scholarships have evolved over the past decade from a small $10 million pilot program, to a major budget expense that could transform education in the state.

Senate Bill 406 would remove the existing income caps for private school vouchers, and create a sliding scale for all North Carolina families. 

Private school enrollment in North Carolina is trending upward.

The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Feb.