09/13/2021
"If Judge Lee wants to help decide how to spend state dollars - a role that has been the exclusive domain of the legislative branch since the state's founding - then Judge Lee should run for a seat in the House or Senate," Ryan said. In decades-long court cases, the North Carolina Supreme Court earlier ruled that the state constitution ensures all children have "an opportunity to receive a sound basic education," and said this requisite was not being met by the state.
A North Carolina judge has given state legislators until October to provide funds to boost public education.
