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Two more documents filed late Friday with the N.C. Court of Appeals take aim at legal tactics employed by opponents of the Opportunity Scholarship Program. The filings also criticize the trial judge who has been overseeing a lawsuit challenging the program.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 11:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative defenders of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program are asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to block “burdensome” trial court activity in a lawsuit challenging the program.
Published: Sunday, March 20th, 2022 @ 6:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When the discussion turns to Opportunity Scholarships, it’s not hard to make Janet Nunn cry.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Debate over the impact of the Opportunity Scholarship Program was renewed recently when N.C. State researchers Anna Egalite, D.T. Stallings, and Stephen Porter published a study that found “large positive impacts associated with voucher usage in North Carolina.”
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tennessee lawmakers will vote Feb. 11 on the Tennessee Choice and Opportunity Scholarship Act, a law that would allow parents of low-income students to use up to $6,628 of public money to attend private school.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2016 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters of private school vouchers rallied Tuesday outside the Legislative Building urging lawmakers to lift the cap on the number of students eligible to receive the vouchers in the coming school year.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Rev. William Barber, president of the NC NAACP and initiator of the Moral Monday protests, continued his attack Tuesday on what he called "a monster voter suppression bill" and likened efforts to award Opportunity Scholarships to children from low-income families to segregationist actions of...
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Few pieces of education legislation filed this year have been subject to more debate than House Bill 944: Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this week Representatives Rob Bryan (R-Mecklenburg), Brian Brown (R-Pitt) and Marcus Brandon (D-Guilford) introduced HB 944, the Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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