Teacher shortage underscores the unaddressed crisis in NC's public education system
Teacher shortage underscores the unaddressed crisis in North Carolina's public education system; Leandro funding
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Teacher shortage underscores the unaddressed crisis in North Carolina's public education system; Leandro funding
Court must affirm Leandro order and plan, N.C. must fund it
By Jereann King Johnson
North Carolina’s Supreme Court has agreed to accelerate the process to determine whether a trial judge had authority to order $1.7 billion in taxpayer money be spent to address inequities in the public schools.
An attorney for North Carolina State Controller Linda Combs last week wrote to the Court of Appeals and said that complying with a judge's order to allocate $1.75 billion to address education inequities would force her to violate the state constitution and other laws.