United States v. South Bend Community School Corporation, et al. - Joint Motion for Approval of Stipulation of the Parties Regarding Consent Decree Compliance

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA

SOUTH BEND DIVISION

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,               )

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Plaintiff,                      )

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v.                                                         )           3:80-cv-00035-TLS-CAN

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SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY                    )

SCHOOL CORPORATION, et al.,                )

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Defendants.                )

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JOINT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF 

STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES REGARDING CONSENT DECREE COMPLIANCE

The United States and the South Bend Community School Corporation (“District”), through undersigned counsel, respectively move the Court for an order approving a stipulation between the parties. On June 7, 2018, this Court approved the parties’ prior Joint Stipulation, which required the parties to exchange information and identify agreed upon action steps regarding the District’s compliance with the original 1980 Consent Decree in this case. [DE  162]. Since that time, the parties have devised a set of action steps in the areas of student assignment to high schools, transportation, and student discipline, as reflected in the attached Stipulation of the Parties Regarding Consent Decree Compliance. The parties agree that these steps aim to bring the District into full compliance with its desegregation obligations.

Therefore, for the reasons discussed in the accompanying Memorandum in Support, the parties respectfully request the Court to approve the attached Stipulation of the Parties Regarding Consent Decree Compliance.