RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would increase private school voucher funding by $463.5 million over this year and next year.
House Bill 10 would also force sheriffs to work with federal immigration officials to detain people who are in the U.S. illegally in some circumstances.
The bill passed through both the North Carolina House and Senate last week, largely along party lines.
The biggest portion of the $1.1 billion bill will go toward clearing the 54,000-student waitlist for the state’s general voucher program, known as Opportunity Scholarships. The waitlist boomed this year after state lawmakers remove family income limits on eligibility and made it so current private school students would now be eligible.