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Download full textHudgins, H. C., Jr. – 1973
In this monograph, the author presents a history of court decisions that outlawed public school segregation, reviews these decisions, and examines the problems of decision implementation that followed. The texts of some of the opinions delivered by the various courts are presented. Various relevant concepts are also set out in the context of their…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
Southern Education Reporting Service, Nashville, TN. – 1968
This report examines the status of school desegregation efforts in Southern and Border States immediately before and after the May 1968 U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that school districts must abandon ineffective freedom-of-choice plans. Separate sections devoted to events in each state contain specific detail describing the political, legislative,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Action, Court Litigation, Discriminatory Legislation
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1966
A 1966 report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights deals with the status of school desegregation standards under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The document reviews the judicial context of the rate and method of desegregation and describes the statement of policies issued by the U.S. Office of Education (OE). Also included are…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Federal Aid
Uchitelle, Susan – New Schools, New Communities, 1996
The experience of St. Louis (Missouri) has shown that desegregation has fueled educational reform, and that it is important for communities to understand its benefits in order to work toward maintaining the components that have benefited all children, regardless of race. The interdistrict transfer program has been largely successful. (SLD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Garber, Lee O.; Reutter, E. Edmund, Jr. – Yearbook Sch Law 1969, 1969
Chapter 8
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
District Court, Houston, TX. Southern District of Texas. – 1975
On June 1, 1970 The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, entered its Memorandum and Order requiring the Houston Independent School District to operate its schools beginning with the 1970-71 school year under an equi-distant zoning plan. The pairings and rezoning as finally ordered were fully…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Mead, Julie F. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1995
Two federal statutes govern the provisions for special education in public schools. Briefly describes these laws and some of the challenges to their compliance within the school choice context. Describes and analyzes four case studies representing four types of school choice plans currently in operation. Offers recommendations for policymakers.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1972
This document contains statements by educators, government officials, constitutional experts, and concerned citizens and groups concerning House Joint Resolution 620, other proposed amendments to the constitution, and legislative measures relating to the assignment and transportation of school pupils. The joint resolutions and proposals take…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Nakahara, Vernon K. – 1971
What the legal responsibilities are surrounding school integration, and areas of desegregation in which the courts themselves appear to be unsure and confused can be determined by examining the numerous court decisions on problems related to school desegregation. It seems clear that delays under the "all deliberate speed" doctrine, or by other…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation, Desegregation Litigation
Peer reviewedSmith, Angela G. – Journal of Law and Education, 1995
Explains and analyzes open-enrollment plans, current open-enrollment legislation, and the Omaha (Nebraska) School District's attempt to balance goals of integration and open enrollment. Provides recommendations for educational and legislative reform in the area of public school choice. (198 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
District Court, New York, NY. Eastern District of New York. – 1974
Plaintiffs are students enrolled in Franklin K. Lane High School, and they sue on behalf of all others similarly situated for an adjudication that their school has been so zoned as to make and keep it a segregated school in spite of its location. They moved to enjoin further enforcement of the school's zoning. The board moved for summary judgment.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation, De Jure Segregation
