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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Roy and Josie Fisher, et al.,

 Plaintiffs 

and 

United States of America, 

 Plaintiff-Intervenor, 

v. 

Tucson Unified School District, et al., 

 Defendants, 

and 

Sidney L. Sutton, et al., 

 Defendants-Intervenors, 

No. CV-74-00090-TUC-DCB

Maria Mendoza, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

and 

United States of America, 

 Plaintiff-Intervenor, 

v. 

Tucson Unified School District, et al. 

Defendants.

No. CV-74-0204-TUC-DCB

ORDER 

Report and Recommendation: USP § IV.E Racially and Ethnically Diverse Staff 

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There being no objection and the Court finding good cause, 

IT IS ORDERED adopting the recommendations of the Special Master set out in 

his Report and Recommendation (Doc. 1913). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the District shall act immediately to address 

the racial disparities among faculty in TUSD schools as follows: 

 The District shall develop and implement a plan to reduce by half by the beginning 

of the 2016-17 school year the number of schools in which there are existing racial 

disparities, as defined by the USP, among the teaching staffs. This plan shall include, but 

not be limited to the following practices: 

 1. School transfers by TUSD teachers shall not create or add to racial disparities in 

any school. 

 2. School transfer requests that contribute to the elimination of racial disparities 

shall have priority. 

 3. Incentives shall be used to motivate voluntary transfers. These incentives shall 

include, but not be limited to, financial incentives, reduction or modification of workload, 

and enhanced opportunities for professional advancement. 

 4. Beginning teachers may be assigned to schools at which students are achieving 

above the district average when such assignment will increase faculty diversity. 

 5. As necessary, the district shall actively recruit teachers to transfer to new 

schools when such transfers will bring about compliance with the relevant provisions of 

the USP. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the District shall develop and implement a 

plan to eliminate all significant disparities in 2017-18 using the practices outlined above 

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and such other practices as the District may deem appropriate. Given the experience in 

implementing the plan for the coming school year, the District may amend the plan 

submitting it for review and comment to the plaintiffs and the Special Master. 

 Dated this 25th day of March, 2016. 

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