North Carolina’s Democratic governor and Republican state lawmakers agree that North Carolina should opt into the new federal school voucher tax credit program. But they don’t agree on which students should benefit from the additional money or who should make that decision.

The program is included in the congressional legislation known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” signed into law by President Donald Trump in July. It allows a nonrefundable dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 for donations to a “scholarship granting organization.” It takes effect in tax year 2027. There is no cap on the total amount of credit that can be claimed, so the program could cost the federal government billions of dollars per year in foregone tax revenue.

School choice and private school advocates pr

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