Many eligible North Carolina school voucher applicants won’t get awards
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Many eligible North Carolina school voucher applicants won’t get awards

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A massive spike in applications to North Carolina’s school voucher program means most higher-income families won’t receive financial help for the coming year even though the General Assembly did away with income caps on the program. There simply isn’t enough money to accommodate a six-fold increase to 72,000 new applicants this year, all seeking subsidies to send their children to private K-12 schools through the Opportunity Scholarship program, according to reporting by the The News & Observer of Raleigh and WRAL-TV. The authority said it awarded new vouchers for the maximum amount of $7,468 per child to over 13,500 applicants from the lowest-income tier, according to the media reports. The current state budget envisions transferring more public money to scholarship funds over the next decade, reaching over $500 million annually by fall 2031.

History of this topic

North Carolina GOP leaders reach spending deal to clear private school voucher waitlist
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Families rally to urge North Carolina lawmakers to fully fund private-school vouchers
4 months, 3 weeks ago
North Carolina Senate OKs $500 million for private school vouchers, student accounts
7 months, 3 weeks ago
North Carolina Republicans seek hundreds of millions of dollars more for school vouchers
7 months, 3 weeks ago
South Carolina House votes to expand voucher program. It’s fate in Senate is less clear
9 months ago
Large private school voucher expansion voted for by both North Carolina legislative chambers
1 year, 7 months ago
N. Carolina GOP seeks big private school voucher expansion
1 year, 7 months ago
NC lawsuit over private school scholarship program dismissed
1 year, 8 months ago
South Carolina Senate backs expanding school voucher program
1 year, 10 months ago

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