Last week, the General Assembly kept their promise to the 58,400 Opportunity Scholarship families that were waitlisted by passing HB10, a measure that allocates funding for the pro-school choice Opportunity Scholarship.

The North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship is a state-funded, income-based program that offers scholarship monies for students in grades K-12 to attend any eligible, non-public school on a full- or part-time basis. Schools that are eligible are those who will receive direct payments. This allows parents to choose which school best fits their child’s needs.

Parents are eager to send their children to successful schools of their choice. In schools across North Carolina, indoctrination has taken priority over teaching basics like reading, math, history and science, and it shows in test scores. Parents are tired of their children being subjected to indoctrination with sexually explicit books such as Lawn Boy, Gender Queer, George, and impromptu CRT lectures. The freedom for parents to choose which school is best for their child, regardless of income, is one of our most basic liberties.

However, in many counties across NC—especially the rural ones—parents face a lack of alternatives to public school. With the state’s commitment to making school choice possible for families across North Carolina, there’s a great need to see churches capitalize on the opportunity by starting their own Christian private schools.

Perhaps you may be in such a position, or know a pastor who would benefit from starting a school at their church. If so, we wanted to share with you a great resource put together by the North American Mission Board, entitled “The Education Reformation: Why Your Church Should Start a Christian School.”