Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that would commit more than $6 billion in funding to private school vouchers over the next decade, and made the case that it would harm rural schools.

As legislatures move to push vouchers to the governor’s desk, rural districts are among districts across the state sharing worries of the potential side effects they could have on their schools.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top three priorities behind the budget are school couchers, a THC ban, and homestead exemptions.