North Carolina’s top legislative leaders are appealing the latest ruling in the long-running Leandro education funding case to the state’s second-highest court. A trial judge ruled the state should spend an additional $677 million on education.
The judge overseeing North Carolina’s long-running Leandro education funding case says the state must spend an additional $677 million to cover items in a court-endorsed plan. That number matches a figure Gov. Roy Cooper’s state budget office produced in December 2022.
The judge overseeing North Carolina’s long-running Leandro case could order the state to pay another $376 million to $677 million for education-related expenses. The dollar figure will depend on which plan he chooses to adopt.