RALEIGH -- The school voucher program in North Carolina has been ruled unconstitutional by Wake County Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood. The program used taxpayer money to help low-income families pay for tuition at private schools. Darrell Allison, President of the Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, says they are planning an appeal.

Allison said, "Working with our partners at the Institute for Justice, who represent parents for the state of North Carolina, and just off the phone with our attorneys, the intention is within the next 24 - to - 48 hours submitting an expedited appeal to the higher court."

Hobgood ruled the program was unconstitutional on several levels; including, paying for students to attend schools that are not obliged to meet state curriculum requirements.