NC Governor deems GOP education plans a "disaster"

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has launched a campaign against education and tax legislation from the Republican-controlled General Assembly, which he says will crush the state's public schools and damage its economic future. Cooper has urged voters to encourage their legislators to reject a spate of GOP-backed education bills in the final weeks of the chief work period for this year's legislative session. The GOP is moving to dramatically expand the state's K-12 private school scholarship program so that families of any income level could receive financial assistance, not just the poor and middle class.