Teague ex rel. T.T. v. Arkansas Board of Education

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT T. DAWSON, District Judge.

Some 32 years after the Little Rock School integration crisis made international headlines, the Arkansas Legislature adopted a statute that was hoped would help in stemming segregation in its public schools. That statute included a provision that would prevent its schools from becoming more segregated while permitting students to transfer to schools outside their home districts. It could be argued that no *1057state has been scrutinized as much as Arkansas with respect to the integration and segregation of its public schools. The…