Attorneys for GOP legislative leaders argue that a 2022 court ruling was “wrongly decided.” Lawyers representing school districts and those rallying outside the court strongly disagree.
The NC Supreme Court will again address the debate over whether a trial judge can move taxpayer money for education without the express approval of legislators in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Supreme Court could decide in the coming months whether to strike the most recent decisions about court-ordered education funding in the 30-year legal battle commonly known as Leandro. All seven justices spent 80 minutes Thursday morning listening to and questioning lawyers who defended and opposed an April 2023 trial court order calling for $677 million in additional state funding.
It comes after the court previously agreed that taxpayer money could be spent to address schooling inequities without the express approval of legislators.