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Public education advocates across the US and North Carolina are angry and so are we. There can be no other response than outrage at the reckless and unnecessary withholding of federal funds, already appropriated by Congress, for our nation’s public schools. Anger is the appropriate response when we know children will be harmed. So what […]
Public Schools First NC has released a new report: NC School Vouchers—Using Tax Dollars to Discriminate Against Students & Families! As recent reporting highlights, “North Carolina now subsidizes the tuition cost for the majority of private students.” In the 2024-25 school year, the state private K-12 tuition subsidy topped $432 million. Current appropriations earmark $731 million […]
North Carolina’s rural schools are being hit with another blow as the U.S. Department of Education failed to distribute to public school districts more than $165 million in federal grants that had been allocated by Congress. New reporting by Kris Nordstrom of the North Carolina Justice Center shows which school districts in North Carolina stand […]
On June 4, staff at the Department of Public Instruction presented their report on Opportunity Scholarship voucher use for 2024-25 to the State Board of Education. According to data they shared from the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (administrators of the Opportunity Scholarship voucher program), only 6,710 of the 80,325 students who received taxpayer […]
