RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Republican state lawmakers are likely to override Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of a controversial bill concerning school vouchers and undocumented immigration on Tuesday.
Cooper vetoed House Bill 10, which covers both of these topics, back in late September. However, the Republican Party currently holds three-fifths of the seats in both the North Carolina Senate and House, allowing the caucus alone to override any veto from the governor.
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The General Assembly is scheduled to convene at least two times before the GOP is expected to lose its complete supermajority in January.
Republican state lawmakers voted earlier in September to allocate $463 million for private school vouchers. This came after lawmakers expanded voucher eligibility to all families earlier in the year and demand exploded, with around 55,000 students still on a waitlist.
After vetoing the bill, Governor Cooper said the money should go to public schools first and the funds could be better used to give those schools more resources.