T. Keung Hui, The Raleigh News and Observer – A North Carolina judge could order the state on Wednesday to turn over $1.7 billion to increase funding for public education, over the objections of Republican lawmakers. The plaintiffs in the long-running Leandro school funding court battle have proposed requiring the state budget director, state controller and state treasurer to turn over $1.7 billion to fund the next two years of a new education plan. State Superior Court Judge David Lee has scheduled a court hearing in Raleigh on Wednesday to consider their proposal.

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