This paper outlines an alternative desegregation plan that would replace the one implemented in the East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana) School District in 1981. Known as the Incentives Desegregation Plan, the alternative plan was designed to produce interracial contact comparable to the earlier plan, without incurring the attendant costs of mandatory reassignment. First, the means of measuring interracial contact are described, and then applied to the current plan. Despite substantial white flight, the current plan produces greater interracial exposure than existed previously. Next, the alternative plan's reliance on court-ordered school closings, majority to minority transfers, and magnet schools is explained. Procedures for implementation (a 3-year process) and specific magnet programs are described. The proposed locations, grade levels, staff, participants, programs, and costs of 15 magnet schools are presented and a plea is made for heavy reliance on team learning, described as being extremely effective in stimulating achievement gains. Total enrollment and costs of magnets are projected and a scheme for estimating the net benefit of the current and the alternative plan is presented. Next, implementation procedures are explained, first generally and then on a school-by-school level. The report concludes with a detailed timetable for implementation and a set of criteria for assessing the success of a magnet school. Fourteen statistical tables (most containing racial enrollment data) are included and appendices provide data on attendance zones, maps of the district, and 78 pages of information on student team learning. (KH)