Tell NCGA Leadership to Fund Leandro
Call Senate President ProTem Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall to urge full funding of the Leandro Education Plan in the state budget.
Who to Contact
Phil Berger
Senate President ProTempe
Destin Hall
NC House Speaker
Context
Today’s large Raleigh rally is framed as a public demand that the General Assembly stop underfunding public education and honor and implement the Leandro v. State decisions of the North Carolina courts.
What to Do
- Call Senate President ProTempe Phil Berger - 919-733-5708
- Call NC House Speaker Destin Hall - 919-733-3451
Script / Talking Points
- Hi, my name is __________, I live in __________ and I am a person of faith / conscience.
- Today, over 10,000 people have gathered in Raleigh to send a loud and clear message to YOU (Senator Berger / Speaker Hall). The NCGA is failing our kids.
- North Carolina ranks 50th in the country in school funding effort while we are simultaneously eliminating corporate income taxes. This is unacceptable.
- I am calling to urge Sen/Rep _____ and the General Assembly to fund the Leandro Education Plan in the state budget and honor and implement the Leandro v. State decisions of the North Carolina courts.
- Since 1994, the state has dodged their responsibility to provide every child in our state with a sound basic education promised to them in our state’s constitution.
- And we reject the narrative that the state cannot afford this. The dire state of education in NC is a Policy CHOICE that you have made, and we will not stop fighting until our state’s budget and taxes finally put our kids before corporations.