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Last year, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to significantly increase funding for private school vouchers, also known as Opportunity Scholarships. The state has spent nearly $383 million on these vouchers in this academic year alone. Listener Walter Strong of High Point wondered what the requirements are for schools to receive this funding, and how many of them provide services for students with disabilities? I went down the list of every private school in Guilford County that received Opportunity Scholarships this academic year. There are 31 of them, and in total, they received roughly $22 million as of February. Not every school picked up, but I got a range of answers for the ones that did. About five of them have specialized programs in place to support students with disabilities. But the majority of schools that responded basically said, it depends.