LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT

COVENANT FOR THE FUTURE

WHEREAS, the 1998 Revised Desegregation and Education Plan established a workable framework for improving the academic achievement of all students and for creating an equitable, nondiscriminatory learning environment; and

WHEREAS, improving the academic achievement of all students and maintaining an equitable, nondiscriminatory learning environment will forever be the core of the Little Rock School District’s mission; and

WHEREAS, the Little Rock School District will no longer be required to implement the 1998 Revised Desegregation and Education Plan after the District earns “unitary status” and has been released from federal court supervision;

THEREFORE, the Little Rock School District in order to manifest its post-unitary commitment to the community hereby resolves to establish this covenant. After obtaining “unitary status” the District will in good faith continue to exercise its best effort to:

· improve the academic achievement of all students,

· comply with the Constitution, and ensure that no person is discriminated against on the basis of race, color or ethnicity in the operation of LRSD, and

· provide equitable educational resources, programs and opportunity in a nondiscriminatory environment for all students attending LRSD schools.

Adopted: January 11, 2001