EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY AND CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN NORTH CAROLINA COULD GET HELP FROM THE STATE PAYING FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL. REPUBLICANS IN RALEIGH ARE NOW BACKING A PLAN TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. MORE ON THIS PROGRAM. OUR CAPITOL REPORTER MICHAEL HYLAND IS LIVE AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING MICHAEL. BILL ACTUALLY SHOULD BE ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK LATER ON THIS WEEK. >> RIGHT. GOVERNOR COOPER OPPOSES THIS IDEA SAYING THIS MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS INSTEAD, THIS BILL, THE SENATE PASSED TODAY TOUCHES ON A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE ELECTION. IMMIGRATION. >> THIS GROUP IS GOING OVER TO OUR BELIEVE TAKE CLASSES ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, BUT FAMILIES WHO SEND THEIR KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS COULD GET SOME HELP PAYING FOR THAT. 27 HAVEN'T VOTED IN THE APARTMENT OF 17 AND THE NEGATIVE. THE SENATE VOTED ALONG PARTY LINES MONDAY TO COMMIT NEARLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS TO THE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS. IT'S ROBIN HOOD. BUT IN RIVERS, FOLKS THAT SAY THAT ARE NOT LOOKING AT HOW MUCH WE HAVE FUNDED TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION. >> IN NORTH CAROLINA, SCHOLARSHIPS RANGE FROM ABOUT 3300 PER YEAR TO ABOUT 7400 PER YEAR WITH FAMILIES AT THE LOWER END OF THE INCOME SCALE. GETTING MORE AFTER REPUBLICANS MADE ALL FAMILIES ELIGIBLE REGARDLESS OF INCOME DEMAND SOARED AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY FOR ABOUT 55,000 STUDENTS WHO APPLIED ONE OF RACHEL BRADY'S CHILDREN IS ON THAT WAITLIST. STUDENTS PUSHED LAWMAKERS TO ACT ALL SUMMER. THIS IS HITTING US RIGHT AT HOME, HITTING THE PEOPLE THEIR MEETING AT THE MASK. BUT TEACHERS LIKE KEEGAN STORES PUSHED BACK SAYING HE AND MANY OF HIS COLLEAGUES WORK MULTIPLE JOBS. TEACHERS ARE ENRAGED RIGHT NOW BY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN RALEIGH AND REALLY AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS IS THIS IS A NATIONAL TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING. THE BILL GOES MUCH FURTHER, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT INCREASES MEDICAID IN REQUIRING SHERIFFS TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS AND REQUESTS TO DETAIN PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. THAT'S NOT JUSTICE. >> AND THAT'S NOT ADHERING TO THE VALUES OF THIS CONSTITUTION. THEIR FAILURE TO LOOK AT THAT ASPECT OF A PUBLIC SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES EVERYBODY LESS. >> AND THE GOVERNOR JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS A FEW MINUTES AGO SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, REPUBLICANS ARE DRAINING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GIVE IT A PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS