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Come Encourage Legislators To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships

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Press Conference to Encourage the General Assembly To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships Now

School choice families—students, parents, and supporters—we invite you to join us for a press conference/rally at Halifax Mall on July 31 at 10 am READ MORE

Session Adjourns (For a Time); Opportunity Scholarship Funding Stalls; and “Medical” Marijuana Not Taken Up in NC House

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Encourage The N.C. House To Fully Fund Opportunity Scholarships Now!

Last week, the NC Senate passed HB 823—Eliminate School Choice Program Waitlists (formerly titled, ‘Choose Your School, Choose Your Future’), and sent it to READ MORE

NC’s Opportunity Scholarship and SHALOM Act

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Abortion Drug Restrictions, Transgender “Treatments,” the Opportunity Scholarship, and the National Day of Prayer

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NC’s Opportunity Scholarship Gives Parents Educational Options (With Mike Long)

North Carolina is one of the leading states in the nation in the area of school choice. In addition to the wide variety of READ MORE

The Start of NC’s 2024 Legislative Session, the Opportunity Scholarship, and “Gas Station Heroin”

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The Opportunity Scholarship, Sports Gambling, Women’s Sports, and Pro-Life Laws

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Sports Gambling, The Opportunity Scholarship, and Chemical Abortions

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An Opportunity for Opportunity Scholarships

The Opportunity Scholarship Program in North Carolina, aimed at broadening educational choices for families, garnered nearly 72,000 new applications this year. The overwhelming demand READ MORE
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NC Opportunity Scholarship Application Period is Now Open for the 2024-2025 School Year

Last week, North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program application period opened, allowing parents to apply to scholarships to go towards their child’s non-public K-12 education. READ MORE
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House Committee Approves Bill to Expand NC Opportunity Scholarship Program

A week after an N.C. Senate Committee voted to approve a significant expansion of the state’s Opportunity Scholarship school choice program, an N.C. House READ MORE
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State Senate Committee Approves Bill to Expand Opportunity Scholarships

This morning, the N.C. Senate Committee on Education/Higher Education approved SB 406—Choose Your School, Choose Your Future, which would expand eligibility for North Carolina’s READ MORE

School Choice Opponents Sue to Overturn Opportunity Scholarship

Seven North Carolina parents, in conjunction with the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and the National Education Association (NEA), are suing in an READ MORE

Bill Proposes to Abolish North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program

A bill introduced this week in the North Carolina General Assembly would abolish the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program, a program that provides tuition assistance READ MORE

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