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Republican-led states keep adding school voucher programs even as critics worry about cost

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U.S. states are adopting and expanding programs that use taxpayer money to pay for private schools.

Critics fear the programs will come at the expense of other priorities, including public schools.

A $1 billion -per-year voucher program the Texas Legislature sent to the governor last week and a push in Congress to expand vouchers nationally.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein — like Arizona 's Katie Hobbs — has proposed scaling back the scholarships.

But there is no indication the GOP -controlled legislatures will pump the brakes in either state.

The budget advanced by the North Carolina House includes scholarship funding and a smaller raise for public school teachers.