
    BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION v. BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
    No. 106PA08.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    April 10, 2008.
    Garris Neil Yarborough, Fayetteville, for Beaufort Co. Commissioners.
    Brian C. Shaw, Richard Schwartz, Raleigh, for Beaufort Co. BOE.
    Prior report: ___ N.C.App. ___, 656 S.E.2d 296.
    ORDER
   Defendant's petition for discretionary review is allowed with respect to the following issues:

In light of Article IX, Section 2 of the North Carolina Constitution, is the statutory framework for resolving school funding disputes between the county board of education and the county board of commissioners constitutional?

If so, has the statutory framework been properly applied in this case?

By order of the Court in Conference, this the 10th day of April, 2008.  