"NC Governor declares state of emergency for public education and school choice bill"

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has declared a "state of emergency" to stop the state legislature from passing a school choice bill. The bill aims to provide equal funding to charter school students along with those who attend public school. Critics, such as Cooper, claim that the bill mostly serves to cut funding for public schools. Cooper has been criticized for opposing private school vouchers while sending his daughter to a private school in Raleigh.