North state Journal: “In a Jan. 11 news release, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein announced the filing of a brief in opposition to a discretionary review by the N.C Supreme Court of the long-running Leandro education funding case.
The N.C. Supreme Court granted a discretionary review of the case last October. The current dollar figure in the case sits at $677.8 million but has changed multiple times. The original funding amount suggested by the WestEd produced “Comprehensive Remedial Report” called for $8.29 billion.
“North Carolina’s children have a constitutional right to a sound, basic public education. Our General Assembly is failing them,” Stein said in the release. “This is the legislature’s latest attempt to shirk its responsibility to our students and avoid having to properly fund our state’s educational needs.”
“The court correctly ruled in 2022 that the state must implement a court-approved comprehensive plan to give all children the education our constitution promises,” said Stein. “Now, Republican legislators are asking the court to undo that decision – but the facts haven’t changed.””