Supreme Court of North Carolina July 30, 2004, 530PA02 (Hoke County Board of Education v. State)

ORR, Justice.

The State of North Carolina and the State Board of Education (“the State”), as defendants, appeal from a trial court order concluding that the State had failed in its constitutional duty to provide certain students with the opportunity to attain a sound basic education, as defined by this Court’s holding in

Leandro v. State,

346 N.C. 336, 488 S.E.2d 249 (1997).