Parents suing a Charlotte private school over the expulsion of their children are asking the full state Appeals Court to consider the case. An appellate panel rejected the parents’ arguments on Jan. 2.
A group of 20 law professors is asking the state’s highest court to uphold previous court orders that could force the state to spend hundreds of millions of additional taxpayer dollars on education. The group filed a motion Wednesday to submit a friend-of-the-court brief in a 30-year-old lawsuit commonly referred to as Leandro.
Multiple schools and businesses have announced on social media that they will be closed Thursday afternoon as security plans to block roads for most of the work day. There are two schools on the same block as the event space selected for the Thursday presidential visit. There are six schools in the immediate closure area.
North Carolina’s department of education has become the fourth top education agency in the nation to issue guidance to public schools on the integration of generative artificial intelligence in public schools.
Five local school systems and lawyers representing state government’s executive branch reject legal arguments from North Carolina’s legislative leaders in a 30-year-old court battle over education funding. Four court filings Wednesday at the state Supreme Court took aim at state lawmakers’ arguments in the case commonly referred to as Leandro.
A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel has ruled against two parents who challenged a Charlotte private school’s decision to expel their children. The parents had claimed the school retaliated against the parents for asking questions about school operations.
This year, I am tired of being frustrated and angry. Inflation, governmental overreach, and an apparent disregard for the authority of parents and the importance of personal autonomy have reached a breaking point for me. Instead, I resolve to focus on what is going right, and work to encourage it.
A 2020 law designed to protect the University of North Carolina from COVID-related lawsuits secured near-unanimous support. The state Supreme Court will decide whether it ran afoul of the state and federal constitutions.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Feb. 22 in the latest round of a nearly 30-year-old education funding lawsuit. It’s commonly known as Leandro. The court voted 5-2 in October to take another look at the case, officially known as Hoke County Board of Education v. State. Justices will decide whether a trial court had “subject matter jurisdiction” to order hundreds of millions of dollars in new education spending.
The state Court of Appeals has granted rehearings in two cases involving school bus drivers who caused accidents while delivering meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. October rulings in both cases would have allowed the lawsuits to proceed to trial. A state Justice Department lawyer representing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Alexander County school boards asked the court in November to take another look at the legal issues involved.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take up a second case related to refunds requested from the University of North Carolina System for COVID-related shutdowns. Justices could decide whether a 2020 state law designed to shield UNC from lawsuits linked to spring 2020 shutdowns violated students’ state and federal constitutional rights.
