Discrimination lawsuit against Sacramento City Unified schools may end up in settlement
Months after advocacy groups sued the Sacramento City Unified School District for discrimination against students with disabilities and black students, the district and the plaintiffs may seek a settlement.
The news comes after a federal court granted the mutual request in December for a seven-month stay of the litigation for the class-action lawsuit.
The lawsuit, filed in September by the Black Parallel School Board on behalf of three students, says the district segregates, denies students with disabilities, and specifically black students with disabilities, the right to an education side-by-side with their peers, and disciplines them more frequently.
While the district does not agree with the allegations in the lawsuit, “We appreciate plaintiffs’ willingness to work with us,” said Sacramento City Unified Superintendent Jorge Aguilar. CONTINUE READING: Settlement possible in Sacramento school discrimination suit | The Sacramento Bee
