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.
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.
Plaintiffs in North Carolina’s long-running Leandro education funding lawsuit urge the state Supreme Court to reject two recent motions in the case. The N.C. Justice Department also opposes the motions from state legislative leaders and the controller’s office. Both motions ask the state’s highest court to address unresolved Leandro issues.
State legislative leaders and the state controller are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to block a forced money transfer tied to the long-running Leandro education funding case. In separate motions filed Wednesday, Controller Nels Roseland and top lawmakers asked the high court to restore a previous order from the N.C. Court of Appeals.
The new judge appointed to oversee North Carolina’s long-running Leandro education funding case will hold his first hearing March 10 in Wake County. The first task for Superior Court Judge James Ammons is to decide how much money the state must spend to comply with earlier Leandro orders.
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N.C. legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to remove a group of plaintiffs from the latest stage of the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit. The request arrived at the court in a motion filed Tuesday. It would apply to a group labeled Plaintiff-Intervenors or the Penn-Intervenors.
Documents filed late Friday afternoon with the N.C. Supreme Court offered what could be the final written words in the latest stage of the Leandro education funding lawsuit. The state’s highest court will hold oral arguments Aug. 31 to consider the latest Leandro dispute.
As the N.C. Supreme Court is considering its next steps in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit, Gov. Roy Cooper has added a new twist to the dispute. Cooper’s proposed 2022-23 state budget adjustments would cover portions of a court-ordered Leandro compliance plan that remain unfunded to date.
N.C.'s long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit signaled Friday that he will produce an order next week calling for additional state education spending.The N.C. Court of Appeals blocked the previous $1.75 billion order.
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