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,

Thousands of North Carolina families who made too much money to qualify for private school vouchers before are poised to get an Opportunity Scholarship for the first time. Republican lawmakers plan to approve an additional $463.