Educators and parents in North Carolina are growing increasingly frustrated with the state Supreme Courts delay in resolving the Leandro school funding case, which has been ongoing since 1994. The case, which seeks increased state funding for under-resourced school districts, was last addressed by the court in February 2024, when Republican lawyers challenged a ruling that granted the courts the authority to order state funds for public schools. Despite a superior court judges order in 2021 to allocate over one billion dollars towards an eight-year plan to improve public schools, the amount has since been reduced and payments have faced political challenges without a definitive ruling. Parents and advocates recently gathered to urge the courts to take action, highlighting the real-world impact of these funding issues. With no full state budget in place and Republican lawyers arguing that only the General Assembly has the constitutional authority to order state spending, the future of public school funding in North Carolina remains uncertain.

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