Democrats call for Leandro funding after court loss

Democrats in NC House seek to flip the script after Leandro ruling

Court's ruling in Leandro case said justices can't make NC lawmakers fund schools. It didn't say legislators can't fund schools anyway. Democrats in NC House seek to flip the script after Leandro ruling is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider …

Democrats call for Leandro funding after court loss

Democratic lawmakers began North Carolina’s legislative short session on April 21 by renewing their push to fund the Leandro school spending plan, three weeks after the state Supreme Court voided every Leandro ruling since 2017 and dismissed the 32-year-old case with prejudice. State Rep. Julie von Haefen, D-Wake, has filed House Bill 1017, her seventh attempt to enact the comprehensive remedial plan approved by a trial court in 2021. The bill w…

Leandro and its significance for people with disabilities and advocates

What was the Supreme Court’s ruling on Leandro? NC Supreme Court in a 4-3 judgement dismissed the decades-long Leandro case and scrapped efforts to compel the state to fund a multi-billion-dollar remedial plan to improve schools. The plan included proposals to raise teacher pay and increase recruitment, implement a funding system that prioritizes schools with greater need, and provide more support to low-performing schools. Decades long litigati…