The North Carolina legislature, dominated by Republicans, successfully overrode Governor Roy Cooper's veto on a bill that allocates additional funds for private school scholarship grants and mandates local sheriffs to comply with federal immigration agents' requests to detain certain inmates. The Senate and House both voted in favor of the bill, as Republicans hold veto-proof majorities in both chambers.
The legislation, now law, will provide approximately $463 million to the Opportunity Scholarship program. This funding aims to eliminate a waitlist of families eligible for grants to attend private or religious K-12 schools starting in the fall. The expansion of parental school choice has been hailed as historic by proponents, emphasizing the state's commitment to investing in students.
