(The Center Square) – North Carolina education perspectives at opposite ends of thought do not show signs of meeting in the middle.
Republican lawmakers led the state Senate’s approval of $500 million to erase the waiting list for Opportunity Scholarships on Thursday evening. Gov. Roy Cooper has sought a moratorium.
“This is catastrophic for the hardworking educators who deserve higher pay and the families with children in public schools whose education is threatened by this reckless desire to give a government handout to millionaires,” Cooper said in a release on Friday.
Last summer, North Carolina became the 10th state and first without a government trifecta – meaning, a single party occupying the governor’s office and having majorities in both legislative chambers – to provide school choice statewide. The change released students from attending poor schools just because of their ZIP codes.
Then, the Opportunity Scholarship applications hit record marks. A waiting list
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