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- Leandro v. State of NC: Background Resources
Twenty-five years later, the Leandro case remains one of the biggest education policy issues in North Carolina — and those counties — Hoke, Halifax, Robeson, Vance, and Cumberland — which were among the lowest funded in the state, remain toward the bottom of our rankings in terms of their ability to support public schools on a per pupil
- Leandro Ruling Upholds Right to a Sound Basic . . . - Public School Forum
The Leandro Comprehensive Remedial Plan, agreed upon by the defendants and plaintiffs, provides a detailed, evidence-based roadmap for the investments needed for kids and educators across North Carolina It is based upon what the research tells us is needed for students to receive a sound basic education:
- Public School Forum Statement on February 2024 Leandro Case Reopening
Currently, 85% of students in North Carolina attend one of our 2500+ public traditional or charter schools Extensive research and rulings in the Leandro Case have unequivocally shown that for decades, the state has not fulfilled its basic constitutional obligation to children across the state
- The Final Word: Historic Investments in our Public Schools are Needed . . .
North Carolina continues to fail to meet its constitutional obligation to ensure a sound basic education for every child, but the Leandro school funding case that our state continues to navigate has provided our state’s leaders with a comprehensive plan to make necessary targeted investments in our public schools
- Policy Briefs Reports - Public School Forum
For nearly 40 years the Public School Forum of North Carolina has served as an indispensable and nonpartisan champion of better schools We bring together individuals and institutions from business, education and government to study education issues, develop ideas, seek consensus, and ultimately inform and shape education policy
- 2020-Local-School-Finance-Study2. indd - Public School Forum
LEANDRO V STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA: AN INTRODUCTION The state of North Carolina has been engaged in litigation defending its system of school finance for more than twenty-five years In 1994, five school districts in low-wealth counties along with families filed a lawsuit against the state (Leandro v
- If The NC Supreme Court Sinks Leandro, Then Most NC Public Schools And . . .
NC’s Supreme Court must reject this short sighted, mean-spirited, last-ditch, political attempt to ditch Leandro and sink it forever Like all assassins, they want their killing of Leandro to be done quietly, behind the scenes and cloaked in darkness
- Annual Local School Finance Study Confirms Vast Funding Disparities . . .
In the landmark court case Leandro v State, Judge David Lee ordered independent consultant WestEd to create an in-depth report, to be released in 2019, which will review and analyze North Carolina’s performance on the dimensions of adequacy and equity in school finance
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