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Louisiana school desegregation oversight ends
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2026-08-06 22:27 UTC → 2026-08-11 02:33 UTC ·
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In July 2026, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a federal desegregation mandate that had governed the Concordia Parish School Board for more than six decades, ending federal oversight of that district. The decision was praised by the Trump administration and Louisiana officials as a return of authority to locally elected officials. A few weeks later, in In August 2026, the Louisiana school board for Bossier Parish School Board and the U.S. Justice Department announced a settlement that terminated the longest‑running longest-running desegregation monitoring case in the nation. The agreement cited Announced on the recent Concordia Parish ruling and emphasized that first day of classes, the original agreement ended a consent decree, decree dating back to a 1964 lawsuit, lawsuit intended to curb segregation within Bossier Parish Schools. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill noted that the decades-old decree had become costly “costly and ineffective. Both ineffective,” stripping power from local communities. Bossier Parish Schools Superintendent Jason Rowland stated that the dismissal restores the district’s freedom to make decisions in the best interest of students, staff, and the community. With the original plaintiffs deceased and the federal government stepping back, these actions together mark the conclusion of federal supervision of school desegregation in Louisiana’s two longest‑held longest-held cases.
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- 2026-08-11 02:33 UTC Louisiana school desegregation oversight ends
- 2026-08-06 22:27 UTC Louisiana school desegregation oversight ends
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