LINE THE PROCESSION ROUTE ON
THURSDAY.
WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THAT ON WCCO.COM.
THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT
GIVES THE GO AHEAD FOR A
LAWSUIT CLAIMING SCHOOL
SEGREGATION DENIES SOME
STUDENTS THE RIGHT TO AN
ADEQUATE EDUCATION.
THE ORIGINAL CASE WAS FILED IN
2015 BY A COMMUNITY GROUP.
IT ARGUES THE STATE HAS FAILED
TO PROVIDE MINNEAPOLIS AND
SAINT PAUL SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH
AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION BECAUSE
OF SEGREGATION.
WCCO4'S REG CHAPMAN HAS MORE.
WE INTEND TO TAKE THE FIGHT
FROM HERE UNTIL WE EVENTUALLY
GET BETTER EDUCATION FROM ALL
CHILDREN IN MINNESOTA.
Reporter: DAN SHULLMAN HAS
FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL
CHILDREN TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE
EDUCATION AND SAYING CHILDREN
OF COLOR ARE PUT IN LOWER
PERFORMING SCHOOLS VIOLATING
THEIR RIGHTS.
WE LAY OUT IN OUR COMPLAINT
VERY CONVINCINGLY, THE NUMBERS
ABOUT SEGREGATION IN THE
MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL
SCHOOLS AND THE EFFECTS IT HAS
HAD IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE AND
THE INABILITY TO EDUCATE THE
CHILDREN.
Reporter: IN THE PAST, THEY
ARGUED IT SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE
LEGISLATURE BUT THE MINNESOTA
SUPREME COURT GAVE THE GREEN
LIGHT FOR THE LAWSUIT TO MOVE
FORWARD IN THE COURTS.
THE DECISION IS SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT SAYS IF THE STATE
ALLOWS, PERMITS, OR IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR A SEGREGATED
SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY ARE
VIOLATING THEIR DUTY UNDER THE
MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION TO
PROVIDE AN EDUCATION.
Reporter: MINNESOTA HAS ONE
OF THE LARGEST ACHIEVEMENT GAPS
BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK
STUDENTS IN THE COUNTRY AND
THAT IS ONE REASON THIS CASE
SHOULD BE HEARD BY A JUDGE.
REG CHAPMAN, WCCO4 NEWS.
