In 2022, North Carolina spent $16.7 billion in state, federal, and local funds on its public schools. Those funds were distributed to local schools using 50 different funding formulas. People frequently focus on how much money was distributed, which is important. Equally important, however, is to evaluate how that money is distributed. In recent years,...
The state Court of Appeals is withdrawing its opinion favoring a Charlotte private school in its dispute with parents of two expelled students. A court order issued Monday offered no explanation for the decision.
Lawyers preparing for the state Supreme Court’s latest consideration of a 30-year-long education funding case want to spend more time before the court’s justices. A motion filed Friday at the state’s highest court asks justices to extend oral argument time from 60 minutes to 90 minutes.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Faculty Council has a history of issuing resolutions in support of a safe and inclusive campus and specific communities. Since 2013, it has passed at least eight such resolutions. These include, for example, resolutions in support of transgender individuals; people of color; Black individuals; and Asian, Asian-American,...
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Two weeks before the state Supreme Court hears oral arguments again in the 30-year-old education funding dispute commonly known as Leandro, state legislative leaders restated an argument that could throw out court orders in the case dating back to 2018. The state’s highest court takes up the case again on Feb. 22.
The state Court of Appeals has ruled that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools must pay into a state retirement fund for officers working for its campus police agency. The decision Tuesday reversed part of a lower court’s ruling against officers who filed suit against CMS in 2019.
Seven more Durham County Schools closed Monday after the Durham Association of Educators sent a letter to Durham Public Schools saying that too many teachers would be calling out as part of a “Day of Protest.” The move came days after 12 other schools were forced to close on Jan. 31 in a similarly organized absence from work.
State Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. is submitting a recusal request in the education funding case known as Leandro to the full court. In an order issued Monday, Berger declined to act on the matter himself, “erring on the side of prudence.” The state's highest court will hear oral arguments in the case on Feb. 22.
Around 12:15am Thursday morning the website where parents can apply for the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) crashed as people rushed to apply. OSP became universally open to all North Carolina families after the state legislature passed a bill making all income levels eligible on a sliding scale, with families at the lower income levels being...
State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls will not recuse herself from the court’s upcoming hearing in the long-running education funding case commonly known as Leandro. Earls, a Democrat, signed a 13-page order Wednesday rejecting Republican legislative leaders’ request that she step away from the case.
