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SNEED v. GREENSBORO CITY BD. OF EDUCATION

No. 84.

264 S.E.2d 106 (1980)

299 N.C. 609

Linda Faye SNEED, on behalf of herself and as guardian ad litem for her minor child; Margie Demastus, on behalf of herself, and as guardian ad litem for her minor child; Janifar Williamson, on behalf of herself and as guardian ad litem for her minor children; and all others similarly situated v. GREENSBORO CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION; James F. Betts, as chairman of the Greensboro City Board of Education; Dr. Kenneth Newbold, in his capacity as superintendent of the Greensboro Public Schools; Joseph R. Brooks, in his capacity as chairman of the Interim Management Committee; and Rufus L. Edmisten, in his capacity as Attorney General of North Carolina.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Central Carolina Legal Services, Inc., by Richard M. Greene and Jacqueline K. Forman, Greensboro, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Nichols, Caffrey, Hill, Evans & Murrelle by William D. Caffrey and R. Thompson Wright, Greensboro, for defendants-appellants Greensboro City Board of Education, James F. Betts, Dr. Kenneth Newbold, and Dr. Joseph R. Brooks.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Senior Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the state.

Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove by George T. Rogister, Jr., and Carlyn G. Poole, Raleigh, for North Carolina School Boards Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

EXUM, Justice.

The central question presented by this case is whether our state constitutional guarantee of a "general and uniform system of free public schools" precludes the charging of public school students with incidental course and instructional fees. We answer that it does not. We find no constitutional bar to the collecting by our public schools of modest, reasonable fees for the purpose of enhancing the quality of their educational effort.

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