There was a plan to fix it since 2004. A price tag since 2019. A court order since 2021. The legislature wouldn't pay. On April 2, 2026, the courts killed the case.
tell me again how public schools are the problem
* The case formally became Hoke County Board of Education v. State. Everyone still calls it Leandro, after the 8th grader who started it in 1994.
Gerrymandering doesn't just pick politicians. It picks which kids get funded.
32 years. They killed it.
Leandro v. State — filed 1994 — dismissed with prejudice, April 2, 2026