John — they’re at it again.

After a long summer of failing to pass a budget and doing nothing on the taxpayer dime, Republican leadership is finally bringing the legislature back next week to take a vote.

As the new school year begins, the needs of our public schools have never been clearer. But they’re not coming back to pass a budget. They’re not coming back to give teachers a raise. They’re not coming back to tackle the child care crisis.

Instead, the GOP is apparently coming back to work to take hundreds of millions of taxpayer money out of the public schools to give it to private school vouchers for the wealthiest North Carolinians.

I’m determined to stop them now, but we also need to defeat their anti-student agenda moving forward. That’s why I’m working hard to help our Democratic nominees break the GOP supermajority in November. Will you join me by donating to keep up the fight?

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John, my mother was a North Carolina public school teacher. I attended public schools here all the way through law school. My kids went to NC public schools, too. This is deeply personal to me.

I’ve visited classrooms all over the state as Governor, and I see the lengths teachers go to to give those students the opportunities they deserve. But if our legislators refuse to provide the resources our schools and teachers need, they’re just holding our kids back.

This is simple. Our state’s future leaders go to class every day in our public schools. Every child in our state should be able to access an excellent education in those public schools. And North Carolinians’ tax dollars should go to our public schools — not to unaccountable private schools in the form of vouchers.

Look, the GOP’s voucher scam is devastating for education across the board, and we have evidence from other states to prove it. Studies show that private school vouchers do not improve student performance. Instead, they rob public schools of badly needed funding — and rural counties will be hurt the most.

Republicans are determined to strip resources away from the students and schools that most need them. Democrats will fight hard to improve our public education system. Let’s make sure Democrats WIN this November.

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Thanks very much,

Roy Cooper

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North Carolina is set to be one of the most important swing states in the 2024 elections.

Republicans need to win NC to return Donald Trump to the White House. Meanwhile, Roy is committed to flipping our state blue at the presidential level.

Roy is term-limited and can’t run again this time, and our upcoming gubernatorial election is considered the most competitive gubernatorial contest in the country. Meanwhile, Republicans hold a one-seat supermajority in the state legislature — we MUST break the supermajority to prevent the GOP from enacting their radical agenda in North Carolina.

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