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Final USP

Final USP - 02.20.13 (in PDF) | Consent Order Appendices - 02.20.13 (in PDF)

Deseg Budget

Presentation on Proposed Deseg Budget for 2013-2014 - Presented to TUSD Governing Board, 05.02.13 (in PDF)

Proposed Desegregation/Unitary Status Plan for Tucson Unified School District

United States District Court Order regarding the USP 02.06.13 (in PDF)

Final Proposed USP 12.10.12 (in PDF)

• Special Master Overview of the Unitary Status Plan (in PDF)
• Special Master Recommendations for the Unitary Status Plan (in PDF)

Drafts

• Draft Proposed Unitary Status Plan 11.27.12 (in PDF)
• Appendices to the Draft (in PDF)

An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Mexican American Studies Participation on Student Achievement within Tucson Unified School District (in PDF)

A Unitary Status Plan has been proposed to bring an end over the next few years to the longstanding school desegregation case, Fisher, et al., Mendoza, et al. v. TUSD, CV 74-90 TUC DCB.  The parties, including the Fisher plaintiffs (representing African American students), the Mendoza plaintiffs (representing Latino students), the United States Department of Justice and the Tucson Unified School District  together with the Special Master appointed by the court have drafted a proposed Unitary Status Plan to provide equal educational opportunities to African American and Latino students in the following areas:

Student Assignment Transportation Administrators and Certificated Staff

Quality of Education Discipline Family and Community Engagement

Facilities and Technology Extracurricular Activities Accountability and Transparency