1 the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Program Administered by the State Education Assistance Authority 2018-19 Annual Re
The North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Program Administered by the State Education Assistance Authority 2018-19 Annual Report October 15, 2019 The Opportunity Scholarship Program, established by G.S. § 115C-562.1 et seq., provides scholarships for parents to pay tuition and required fees for their children to attend school in an eligible nonpublic setting. The maximum annual scholarship for the 2018-19 school year was $4,200 ($2,100 maximum per semester per student). The data reported is as of June 30, 2019. The State Education Assistance Authority processed scholarship funding for 9,651 students totaling $37,988,912. Renewal Students 5,681 New Students 3,970 Total 9,651 Grade Level Recipients Kindergarten 1,231 First Grade 1,373 Second Grade 1,116 Third Grade 1,012 Fourth Grade 938 Fifth Grade 794 Sixth Grade 817 Seventh Grade 689 Eighth Grade 553 Ninth Grade 386 Tenth Grade 324 Eleventh Grade 256 Twelfth Grade 162 Total 9,651 Gender Recipients Female 4,759 Male 4,892 Total 9,651 1 Ethnicity Recipients Percentage Hispanic 1,161 12% Not Hispanic 3,520 36% Chose not to answer or N/A 4,970 51% Total 9,651 100% Race Recipients Percentage American Indian or Alaska Native 110 1% Asian 171 2% Black or African American 2,843 29% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific- 7 0.1% Islander Two or more races 380 4% White 4,728 49% Chose not to answer 1,412 15% Total 9,651 100% Local Education Agency in which new students were enrolled prior to receiving the Scholarship Local Education Agency Recipients Alamance-Burlington School System 34 Alexander County
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