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3 <br /> concluded that the State budget adopted in 2021 underfunded the comprehensive remedial <br /> plan (CRP) for Leandro by approximately$785 million. <br /> The attached resolution proposes that Orange County join with multiple North Carolina school <br /> boards, other North Carolina governmental units and other entities across the state requesting <br /> that the North Carolina General Assembly fully enact the policy and funding reforms included in <br /> the Leandro Plan to ensure that all North Carolina students have access to a sound basic <br /> education by the 2028 school year <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE TO FULFILL ITS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO <br /> PROVIDE EVERY CHILD ACCESS TO A SOUND BASIC EDUCATION <br /> WHEREAS, for more than 25 years, North Carolina lawmakers from both parties have failed to <br /> meet their constitutional obligation to provide all children in the state with a sound basic <br /> education; and <br /> WHEREAS, far too many students, particularly students of color, students from economically- <br /> disadvantaged families, students with disabilities, English learners, and rural students, have <br /> been denied the opportunities promised to them under the North Carolina Constitution; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina State Constitution and North Carolina General Statutes place <br /> the responsibility to fund a public school system that provides every child in the state with <br /> access to a sound basic education with the State of North Carolina, both the executive and <br /> legislative branches; and <br /> WHEREAS, on March 15, 2021, the State submitted to the court a long-term comprehensive <br /> remedial plan ("Leandro Plan") detailing specific steps State leaders must enact to remedy the <br /> ongoing constitutional violations in our public school system and ensure that all students have <br /> access to the education they are owed under the State Constitution; and <br /> WHEREAS Governor Roy Cooper's Budget Recommendations for 2021-23 demonstrated that <br /> the Leandro Plan could be fully implemented within then-existing State resources; and <br /> WHEREAS, on June 7, 2021, Judge W. David Lee ordered the state to implement the Leandro <br /> Plan "in full and in accordance with the timelines set forth therein"; and <br /> WHEREAS, Judge Michael Robinson has found that the state budget passed in 2021 <br /> underfunds the comprehensive remedial plan (CRP) for Leandro by approximately $785 million; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, receiving a quality education is paramount to catalyzing the full growth and self- <br /> actualization of students, families, as well as being critical for workforce development and the <br /> economic prosperity of our communities and our State as a whole; <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners stands with the Orange County Schools Board of Education and the Chapel Hill <br /> Carrboro City Schools Board of Education and requests that the North Carolina General <br /> Assembly fully enact the policy and funding reforms included in the Leandro Plan to ensure that <br /> all North Carolina students have access to a sound basic education by the 2028 school year. <br /> Adopted this 24th day of May, 2022. <br />