School Law ISBN: 9780133905427 An affluent school district was subject to a cour

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School Law ISBN: 9780133905427

An affluent school district was subject to a court-ordered desegregation plan involving busing. After receiving the court order recognizing that the district had achieved unitary status, the district decided to discontinue elementary school busing and move toward a neighborhood plan that would bus sixth-graders to a middle school. Parents and citizens challenged the end of elementary school busing, alleging that it would recreate segregated schools.

a. Do parents have a valid claim?
b. Did the district use its new status to engage in de jure segregation? Why or Why not?
c. How do you think the court would rule in this case? Provide rationale for your response.

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Here the court gave district the desegregation ( ending of policy of racial segregation ) plan :

(a) Here looking after the long history of racialism the parents concern is right this decision may recreate segregated school . Thus court may take their claim into consideration So it is a valid claim .

(b) No the district didn't use it's new status to engage in de jure segregation because de jure means according to the law or order and here the decision of district doesn't seem to go according to the orders given by court.

(c) I think the Court must go in favour of parents and may order district to revise their plan and come up with the favourable plan which must be beneficial and not against the interest of people

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