TUSD Granted Unitary Status, Pending Acceptance of District's Post-Unitary Plan

U.S. District Judge David C. Bury granted unitary status to Tucson Unified School District, pending acceptance by the Court of the District's Post-Unitary Plan. The 59-page order is dated April 23, 2008.

TUSD has operated under a court-imposed desegregation order since 1978 when class-action lawsuits representing African American students and Mexican American students and employees were filed against the District. The original African American plaintiffs were Roy and Josie Fisher; Maria Mendoza was the original Mexican American plaintiff. For more information, read the press release.
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Unitary Order, April 23, 2008 (In Adobe PDF)
District Post-Unitary Plan (currenty under revision): In MS Word | In Adobe PDF