Schools receiving tax dollars are not required under the statute to be accredited by any state or national agency, to hire teachers who are licensed or have any stated set of credentials, to meet any meaningful curriculum standards, to demonstrate any level of student achievement or to show they won’t discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, disability or religion.
Such is our fervor to turn over scarce education funds to 700 private, mostly religious, schools without a whiff of accountability. All that is demanded is they not be deemed "public." No matter what nonsense (or venom) they teach, we stand ready to subsidize it.
MORE: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/21/3952326/gene-nichol-law-takes-a-beating.html
See also...
Vouchers lottery gives NC students public money for private school
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/06/25/5004524/voucher-lottery-gives-nc-students.html#.U7DsqkvD-Uk
NC voucher applications show pitfalls of using public money for private schools
http://www.ncspin.com/2014/05/22/nc-voucher-applications-show-pitfalls-of-using-public-money-for-private-schools/
And...
North Carolina Enacts Law Protecting Student Prayer in Public Schools
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/abigail-wilkinson/north-carolina-enacts-law-protecting-student-prayer-public-schools
