Leandro Case /tags/leandro-case Leandro Case en-US Copyright Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:11:14 GMT Should the NCGA pay to address school inequities? An education funding dispute returns to NC /education/2024-02-22/leandro-case-nc-supreme-courts-education-funding The North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the ongoing school funding case known as Leandro. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:11:14 GMT /education/2024-02-22/leandro-case-nc-supreme-courts-education-funding Liz Schlemmer David Lee, judge who oversaw school funding case, dies at 72 /news/2022-10-11/david-lee-judge-oversaw-school-funding-case-dies-72 Lee oversaw litigation called “Leandro.” Another judge took over the case this year, a few months after Lee directed $1.75 billion in state coffers go to fund a remedial plan to help at-risk children. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:00:16 GMT /news/2022-10-11/david-lee-judge-oversaw-school-funding-case-dies-72 Associated Press Legal experts break down this week's NC Supreme Court hearing on Leandro /education/2022-09-01/legal-experts-break-down-leandro-nc-supreme-court-hearing-orr-boger վ education reporter Liz Schlemmer speaks with two legal experts who have followed the Leandro case since it started in 1994. Thu, 01 Sep 2022 11:00:00 GMT /education/2022-09-01/legal-experts-break-down-leandro-nc-supreme-court-hearing-orr-boger Liz Schlemmer North Carolina justices weigh who has school spending authority /education/2022-08-31/north-carolina-justices-weigh-who-has-school-spending-authority North Carolina’s highest court returned Wednesday to an education funding case originating almost 30 years ago, hearing arguments over whether a judge had unilateral power to allocate hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to address unresolved student inequities. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 20:33:13 GMT /education/2022-08-31/north-carolina-justices-weigh-who-has-school-spending-authority Associated Press Public school advocates call to fully fund Leandro plan, as it heads to NC Supreme Court /education/2022-08-29/public-school-advocates-call-fully-fund-leandro-plan-nc-supreme-court The landmark Leandro case is headed to the North Carolina Supreme Court for the fourth time in its 28 year history. Advocates rallied at the statehouse Saturday to call for the state to spend $6.8 billion to improve public education. Mon, 29 Aug 2022 17:06:31 GMT /education/2022-08-29/public-school-advocates-call-fully-fund-leandro-plan-nc-supreme-court Liz Schlemmer With early voting underway, Cawthorn's latest goof, and another Leandro twist /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2022-04-29/with-early-voting-underway-cawthorns-latest-goof-and-another-leandro-twist Early voting for the mid-term primary began across the state this week. Meanwhile, Congressman Madison Cawthorn brought a loaded gun to Charlotte Douglass International airport, and a new judge in the decades old Leandro public education case offered something of a split decision. In our weekly review, Mitch Kokai of the John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield from NC Policy Watch discuss some of the recent political happenings. Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:51:01 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2022-04-29/with-early-voting-underway-cawthorns-latest-goof-and-another-leandro-twist NC judge drops price to cover school plan, omits spend order /news/2022-04-26/nc-judge-drops-price-to-cover-school-plan-omits-spend-order Part of the ruling is a setback for school districts and parents of students who are plaintiffs in decades-long litigation over school funding. Tue, 26 Apr 2022 23:04:09 GMT /news/2022-04-26/nc-judge-drops-price-to-cover-school-plan-omits-spend-order Associated Press NC judge gets one more week to work on school funding order from Leandro case /news/2022-04-20/nc-judge-gets-one-more-week-to-work-on-school-funding-order-from-leandro-case Special Superior Court Judge Michael Robinson was tasked last month with scrutinizing the November order of another judge who had directed that $1.75 billion be moved from state coffers to carry out two years of a remedial plan to address education inequities. Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:47:17 GMT /news/2022-04-20/nc-judge-gets-one-more-week-to-work-on-school-funding-order-from-leandro-case Associated Press Judge hears arguments over court-ordered $1.7 billion for public schools as Leandro case heads to court /2022-04-13/judge-hears-arguments-over-court-ordered-1-7-billion-for-public-schools-as-leandro-case-heads-to-court The North Carolina Supreme Court has asked Judge Michael Robinson to decide how the recent state budget affects a prior court ruling that ordered the state to set aside $1.7 billion for a plan to improve inequities in public schools. Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:42:43 GMT /2022-04-13/judge-hears-arguments-over-court-ordered-1-7-billion-for-public-schools-as-leandro-case-heads-to-court Liz Schlemmer New judge in 'Leandro' case will decide how state budget comes into play /2022-03-24/new-judge-on-leandro-case-will-decide-how-state-budget-comes-into-play Judge Michael Robinson has been charged with deciding what effect the recent state budget has on another judge's prior order that the state should provide significantly more funding for public education. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:56:17 GMT /2022-03-24/new-judge-on-leandro-case-will-decide-how-state-budget-comes-into-play Liz Schlemmer