Raleigh partner Melanie Dubis was quoted in the Raleigh News & Observer about a long-running public school funding lawsuit called the Leandro case. The two sides in the case have requested an independent consultant to help determine next steps for North Carolina to improve education for students.

“For decades, hundreds of thousands of North Carolina children have left our public schools not performing at grade level and therefore not having received a sound basic education,” said Melanie, lead counsel for the school districts. “A comprehensive, detailed plan, developed by an independent expert consultant is the first step to guaranteeing that we do not fail one more child.”

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