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The North Carolina House voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that drastically expands private school scholarship grants and forces local sheriffs to comply with federal immigration agents' requests to detain certain inmates. The House voted along party lines on Tuesday.

There's less public data on the Opportunity Scholarship program today than there was ten years ago. Meanwhile, state lawmakers could add billions more dollars to fund it.

Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that would commit more than $6 billion in funding to private school vouchers over the next decade, and made the case that it would harm rural schools.

The North Carolina State House voted Wednesday to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fund private school vouchers, part of a spending bill that also includes a controversial immigration provision.

North Carolina lawmakers are poised to pass nearly a quarter billion dollars in additional funding that would help pay for private school tuition for 55,000 families on a waitlist this year. School choice supporters are praising the move, while public school advocates worry about shifting education priorities.

The state Senate voted Monday to override five of Gov. Roy Cooper's recent vetoes. Three of those bills are now law following the party-line votes.

North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders announced on Friday that they reached a spending deal to fund various programs. One of those programs is the state's Opportunity Scholarship that provides scholarships to families enrolling their children in private schools.

State lawmakers are scheduled to return to Raleigh next week, and Democrats say they’re concerned the session will include new funding for private school vouchers.

Last fall, the North Carolina General Assembly expanded eligibility for Opportunity Scholarships, which are state-funded vouchers to help families pay private school tuition. For the upcoming school year, any family, regardless of income, could apply to get a voucher. With that change, demand tripled, and families still on the waitlist are ramping up their call for funds.

A lower-than-expected revenue surplus could delay extra funding for a private school voucher program.