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Desegregation Hearing Postponed

By The Associated Press — January 05, 2010 1 min read
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A federal judge has postponed the dates for court hearings on whether the North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts in Arkansas have met their desegregation obligations. They are parties in a 27-year-old federal lawsuit. Little Rock was declared unitary in February 2007. The North Little Rock and Pulaski County districts filed petitions for unitary status later that year.

A version of this article appeared in the January 06, 2010 edition of Education Week as Desegregation Hearing Postponed

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