{"id":50247,"date":"2022-07-06T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50247"},"modified":"2022-07-06T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:25:14","slug":"feds-alabamas-madison-county-schools-agree-to-provide-equality-opportunities-for-black-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50247","title":{"rendered":"Feds:  Alabama&#8217;s Madison County Schools Agree to Provide Equality Opportunities for Black Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">WASHINGTON D.C.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Department of Justice has secured an agreement with the Madison County School Board to provide equal educational opportunities for Black students and pave the way for the district to fulfill its obligations in a longstanding school desegregation case, officials announced Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The consent order, approved today by U.S. District Court Judge Madeleine Hughes Haikala of the Northern District of Alabama, requires the school district to take action to provide equal access to gifted and talented services and other academic programs; ensure non-discrimination in student discipline; and improve practices for faculty recruitment, hiring, assignment and retention. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cIt is long past time to deliver on the promises of\u00a0<em>Brown v. Board of Education<\/em>\u00a0for our nation\u2019s students,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cWe are committed to ensuring that all students receive the educational opportunities they deserve across the Madison County School District. The Civil Rights Division will continue to fight on behalf of students in school districts that have not yet fulfilled their legal obligation to eliminate racial segregation \u2018root and branch.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This consent order will address findings from the Justice Department\u2019s most recent review of the district, including that Black students faced unnecessary barriers to participating in gifted and advanced programs. Also that Black students were more likely to be disciplined for infractions than their white peers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">To Read the Consent Order Click Here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/press-release\/file\/1517546\/download\">Department of Justice<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Improve its gifted identification policies, training and practices; expand access to advanced placement and other advanced curricula; and identify and remove existing barriers for Black students;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Engage a third-party consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of the district\u2019s discipline policies and procedures; revise the code of conduct; train staff on classroom behavior management; and collect and review discipline data to identify and address trends and concerns;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Review faculty hiring, recruitment and retention practices to identify barriers for diverse applicants, improve recruitment and retention of Black teachers and administrators, and ensure their equitable assignment to schools;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Appoint a district-level administrator to oversee implementation of the agreement and professional development for faculty, staff and administrators; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Work with a newly-constituted and diverse Desegregation Advisory Committee.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The order also requires regular reporting to the court, the Justice Department and private plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The court will retain jurisdiction over the consent order during its implementation and the Justice Department will monitor the district\u2019s compliance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Civil Rights Division continues to prioritize enforcement of desegregation orders in school districts formerly segregated by law to ensure that all children can access the building blocks of educational success. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Additional information about the Civil Rights Division is available on its website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\">www.justice.gov\/crt<\/a>, and additional information about the work of the Educational Opportunities Section is available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/educational-opportunities-section\">https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/educational-opportunities-section<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON D.C. &nbsp; 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