Twenty years have passed since the N C Supreme Court issued the first of its two rulings in the state's long-running Leandro lawsuit The case pits small low-wealth school systems against the state in a clash over the state constitution's guarantee that each student will have an opportunity for a basic sound education The th anniversary of the landmark court decision has prompted two recent developments Terry Stoops the John Locke Foundation's vice president for research analyzes those developments You might reflexively answer no when asked whether N C legislators deserve a pay increase But Duke University political scientist Nicholas
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