North Carolina legislative leaders, parents and advocates are looking to expand the state’s private school voucher program.
They say they want to lift the cap so that all low-income families that applied and qualified for the program can receive help.
The program gives families up to $4,200 in tuition money at private and religious schools. More than 5,000 families – most of them minorities - applied for the coming fall, but less than half will be randomly picked, according to leaders of Parents for Educational Freedom North Carolina.