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Article: School Resegregation Crisis Looms If U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Voluntary Integration Plans; Public Education Network Joins Coalition of Education Advocacy Organizations in Submitting Legal Brief.
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- AScribe Law News Service
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- October 10, 2006
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Byline: Public Education Network
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Public Education Network (PEN) has joined The Council of the Great City Schools, the Magnet Schools of America, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in submitting an amicus curiae or "friend of the court" brief to the United States Supreme Court. The brief provides details on how the outcome of the case will affect school districts and communities other than the parties to the case.
In December 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenges to voluntary integration plans of school districts in Seattle, Washington and Jefferson County, Kentucky. "The legal outcome of these ...