(The Center Square) – Adjustments to the state budget at the midpoint of its two-year life, as often happens, appear to be a longshot this year for North Carolina lawmakers.

Three-fifths majorities of Republicans are in each chamber, and they’ll need to either craft separate legislation or come together on very different plans to push $487 million toward school choice. Without it, it’ll only be about $100 million as planned and the waiting list of some 55,000 students will not go away as lawmakers have intended.