博西尔教区学校与美国联邦政府达成协议，终止长达61年的种族隔离司法监督[1]。这一监督始于1964年的诉讼案件，当时旨在制止黑人学生被禁止进入某些学校的做法[1]。路易斯安那州总检察长利兹·穆里尔在周四宣布了这项和解，当日正值博西尔教区学校新学年开始[1]。
穆里尔表示，这些源自数十年前的案件成本高昂且效率低下，并削弱了地方社区的权力[1]。博西尔教区学校监督官杰森·罗兰德指出，解除诉讼案件"使我们能够自由做出符合全体学生、员工和社区最佳利益的决定"[1]。学区方面称，原告及其子女已无法联系[1]。
Bossier Parish Schools in Louisiana has reached an agreement with the U.S. federal government to terminate 61 years of desegregation oversight [1]. The monitoring, which began following a 1964 lawsuit aimed at ending the exclusion of Black students from certain schools, has now concluded [1].
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced the settlement on Thursday, the first day of the school year for Bossier Parish Schools [1]. Murrill characterized the decades-old case as "expensive and inefficient," stating that it had "stripped local communities of their power" [1]. Bossier Schools Superintendent Jason Rowland expressed that lifting the litigation "frees us to make decisions in the best interest of all of our students, staff and community" [1]. According to the school district, the original plaintiffs and their descendants are no longer able to be contacted [1].