Justice Department closes decades-old desegregation cases
The Justice Department announced it will close out more than 50 federal school desegregation cases that have lingered on court dockets for decades, with the announcement timed to the school year. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said DOJ will review remaining cases individually and seek dismissal after determining a district has achieved unitary status. The consent decrees grew from litigation over racially segregated systems and at times imposed granular oversight on hiring, feeder patterns, gifted programs, construction and even yearbook and bus driver race checks; approved dismissals would end court monitoring and return local control.
More than 50 federal desegregation cases will be dismissed after review
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Federal lawsuits once targeted legally segregated school systems. Courts kept oversight while districts dismantled those systems. Now DOJ says it will seek case dismissals once districts achieve unitary status.
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