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This case is remanded to the Court of Appeals with instructions to vacate the 18 July 2011 order of Superior Court, Wake County. § 163-34.

Ann McColl , General Counsel, and Carrie B. Bumgardner and Jessica N. Holmes , Staff Attorneys, for North Carolina Association of Educators, amicus curiae. Rafael Penn; Clifton Jones, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Clifton Matthew Jones; and Donna Jenkins Dawson, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Neisha Shemay Dawson and Tyler Anthony Hough-Jenkins, Plaintiff-Intervenors, However, approximately one year after the trial court issued its order and while the appeal was pending, the General Assembly amended the challenged statutory provisions.

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Locklear, Jr., individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Jason E. Locklear; Angus B. Thompson II, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Vandaliah J. Thompson; Mary Elizabeth Lowery, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Lannie Rae Lowery; Jennie G. Pearson, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Sharese D. Pearson; Benita B. Tipton, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Whitney B. Tipton; Dana Holton Jenkins, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Rachel M. Jenkins; and Leon R. Robinson, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Justin A. Robinson, Plaintiffs, and

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The 2012 amendments enacted by the General Assembly in the wake of the trial court's order are readily comparable to the intervening legislation in McCluney. of an important area of the law. State, 346 N.C. 336, 488 S.E.2d 249 (1997) and Hoke County Board of Education v. State, 358 N.C. 605 , 599 S.E.2d 365 (2004), 2 this Court first found and then reaffirmed that the Constitution of North Carolina guarantees "every child of this state an opportunity to receive a sound basic education in our public schools."

In Leandro v. State, 346 N.C. 336, 488 S.E.2d 249 (1997) and Hoke County Board of Education v. State, 358 N.C. 605, 599 S.E.2d 365 (2004),2 this Court first found and then reaffirmed that the Constitution of North Carolina guarantees "every child of this state an opportunity to receive a sound basic education in our public schools." 5 0 obj State v. McCluney, 280 N.C. 404, 405-07, 185 S.E.2d 870, 871-72 (1972) (action challenging state obscenity statute under United States Supreme Court precedent held moot after General Assembly repealed and replaced statute).

HOKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; Halifax County Board of Education; Robeson County Board of Education; Cumberland County Board of Education; Vance County Board of Education; Randy L. Hasty, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Randell B. Hasty; Steven R. Sunkel, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Andrew J. Sunkel; Lionel Whidbee, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Jeremy L. Whidbee; Tyrone T. Williams, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Trevelyn L. Williams; D.E. "Whenever, during the course of litigation it develops that ... the questions originally in controversy between the parties are no longer at issue, the case should be dismissed, for courts will not entertain or proceed with a cause merely to determine abstract propositions of law." In Brown v. Board of Education,1 the Supreme Court held that when a state undertakes to provide its citizens a public education, education becomes "a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

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and organizational decisions and, together with a professional business staff Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Realigned Defendant. Each issue also contains pieces by student editors. A SOUND BASIC EDUCATION.

See Act of June 5, 2012, ch. Published By: The Harvard Law Review Association, Access everything in the JPASS collection, Download up to 10 article PDFs to save and keep, Download up to 120 article PDFs to save and keep. This Court allowed the State's Petition for Discretionary Review.

Plaintiffs filed a "Motion for Hearing on Curtailment of Pre-Kindergarten Services for At-Risk Children, Elimination of EOC Testing, and Defendants' Compliance with North Carolina's Constitutional Requirements," in essence seeking a judicial determination that the 2011 legislative changes failed to comply with the State's constitutional obligations recognized in Leandro and Hoke County.

Approximately ninety student editors make all editorial We now consider whether this appeal is moot as a result of these most recent amendments. Thereafter, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court in part and dismissed the appeal in part.

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UNC Center for Civil Rights, Chapel Hill, by Mark Dorosin , for plaintiff-intervenor-appellees Penn, Jones, and Dawson.