SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DESEGREGATION
Paragraph 44 Independent
Review
Report No. 16
1998-1999
The Report of the
Consent Decree Monitoring Team
Submitted to the United
States District Court
for the Northern District of
California
July 29, 1999
By Stuart Biegel
Consent Decree Monitor
for the State of California
Paragraph 44 of the SFNAACP v. SFUSD Consent Decree mandates an "independent review of implementation of this Consent Decree at the close of each school year," and requires the monitoring team "to submit a report to the Court." Pursuant to that mandate, the current Consent Decree Monitoring Team filed Report No. 16 on July 29, 1999.
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Executive Summary
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Paragraph-by-Paragraph
Analysis of Consent Decree Compliance
I. Student Desegregation (Paragraph 12)
A. Background Data
B. Paragraph 12 Compliance & the Problem
of Within-School Segregation
C. The Ongoing Prevalence of Low Expectations
II. Achieving Student Desegregation (Paragraph 13)
A. Desegregation Requirements: Assessing District Compliance
B. Final School-by-School Enrollment Figures (1998-1999)
C. New Paragraph 13 Guidelines for Student Assignment
D. New Student Assignment Plans: 1999-2000 & 2000-2001
E. Lowell High School
F. The Interface between Desegregation & Language
Acquisition Programs
III. Miscellaneous Obligations (Paragraphs 14-16)
IV. Special Plan for Bayview-Hunters Point (Paragraphs 17-31)
V. Additional Miscellaneous Obligations (Paragraphs 32-33)
VI. District Staffing Obligations (Paragraphs 34-35)
VII. Staff Development (Paragraphs 36-36a)
A. Staff Development for Teachers
B. Staff Development for Principals
VIII. Extracurricular Activities
IX. Discipline (Paragraph 38)
X. Academic Excellence (Paragraphs 39-41)
A. Assessment and Evaluation
B. School District Accountability
C. Academic Progress Generally
D. Examining Other Indicators of Educational Quality
E. Access to Computer Technology
F. Addressing the Needs of Language Minority Students
G. Reconstitution & the CSIP Process
H. Allocation of Consent Decree Funds to Specific Schools
XI. Paragraphs 42-44
XII. State Role in Financing (Paragraphs 45-47)
Note Regarding Paragraphs 48-55
· Annual Reports Filed by the Consent Decree Monitoring Team Since 1997