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July 8, 2025

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STAM: The logical fallacy of WUNC’s attack on Opportunity Scholarships

June 19, 2025 Paul Stam

On June 5, WUNC published an article with this headline: Report shows most NC voucher recipients already attended private school — here’s why that matters. The N.C. Public Radio station then linked to the article […]

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Families on Opportunity Scholarship waitlist notified of awards

December 5, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Families who had been waitlisted for an Opportunity Scholarship award due to a previous shortfall in the program’s funding have been notified that grants are awaiting their action. The North Carolina Education Assistance […]

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Cooper’s ICE, Opportunity Scholarship veto overridden

November 27, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Lawmakers in the North Carolina legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 10 last week. The House overrode the veto on Nov. 19 by a vote of 72-44. Three Democrats crossed […]

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Cooper vetoes bill that funds Opportunity Scholarship backlog

September 20, 2024 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation Friday that allocates several hundred million dollars to an expanded private school voucher program and orders sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigrant agents looking for people in the […]

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General Assembly passes budget conference report bill

September 12, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly passed its budget conference report contained in House Bill 10 this past week. The bill includes $248 million in nonrecurring funds to clear the waitlist […]

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House and Senate reach deal to fund scholarships, Medicaid

September 6, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A deal has been struck between the North Carolina House and Senate on additional funding for clearing the waitlist backlog for the Opportunity Scholarship Program, as well as an increase in funding for […]

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Opportunity Scholarship families want lawmakers to ‘Keep Your Promise’ on funding

August 1, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Families on waitlists for the expanded Opportunity Scholarship program descended on Halifax Mall on July 31 demanding lawmakers “Keep Your Promise” of fully funding all tiers of the program. Families at the rally […]

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Opportunity Scholarship funding bill held up in House

May 31, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A bill adding additional funding to the Opportunity Scholarship Program to clear a waitlist of 54,800 applications that easily passed the Senate earlier this month has been stymied in the House. The Senate […]

EGGS & ISSUES 2024 Public School Forum of NC
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Teacher pay again top priority of annual Eggs & Issues forum

May 15, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The Public School Forum of North Carolina rolled out its education priorities and heard from various candidates during its annual “Eggs & Issues” event in Raleigh last week. The top priorities of the […]

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Senate approves $463.5M more for Opportunity Scholarship program

May 11, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Senate last week approved an additional $463.5 million over the next two years to clear the Opportunity Scholarship Program’s 54,800-deep waitlist. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) said before the […]

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