NC Board of Education Releases New Report on School Vouchers

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NC Board of Education releases new report on school vouchers

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Most of the recipients of North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarships weren't from public schools. That's according to data from the NC Department of Public Instruction. Staff presented the new data at the State Board of Education meeting Wednesday. It shows that of the 80,325 opportunity scholarship recipients, 6,710 came from public schools, that's about 8.4% of recipients. The Opportunity Scholarships are vouchers given t…

Most new voucher recipients didn't come from an NC public school, new data shows

It's unclear whether the students who didn't attend a public school last year attended a private school or homeschool or were newcomers to the state.