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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE 

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

MARGARET T. ALLEN, et al., )

 )

Plaintiffs, )

)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR )

ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY, ) 

et al., )

)

Plaintiff-Intervenors, )

)

v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO.

) 2:81cv697-MHT

THE ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF ) (WO)

EDUCATION, et al., )

)

Defendants. )

JUDGMENT

Paragraph 31 of the second amended consent decree

(doc. no. 709), as amended (doc. no. 722), provides in

part as follows:

“Duration and Termination of Decree. The

Court shall retain jurisdiction over

this matter to monitor and enforce the

defendants’ compliance with the terms of

this Decree to the extent necessary. If

defendants choose under Article Two of

this decree to use subject matter tests

for initial teacher certification

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decisions, and/or for purposes of making

‘highly qualified’ determinations

simultaneously or in conjunction with

initial teacher certification, this

Decree shall be extended until such time

as all subject matter tests have been

fully implemented, at which time this

action shall be placed on the Court’s

administrative inactive docket. It is

anticipated that the subject matter

tests will ‘go live’ approximately one

year after the effective date of this

Decree. After implementation of

subject-matter tests and twenty-four

months of live consequential use of the

subject matter tests following the

No-Fault Period, ASDE shall undertake a

review of the subject matter and basic

skills tests, including the following

issues:

(a) the continued appropriateness

of the test content;

(b) the continued appropriateness

of the cut score;

(c) any changes in state and

federal regulations, the state teaching

and student standards, student

curricula, or other relevant factors in

the teacher licensure context; and

(d) candidate performance on the

subject matter tests. 

After undertaking such review, the

Defendants shall report the results

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thereof to all parties and the

Monitoring Committee. Thereafter,

within 30 days of ASDE’s report, any

party may move the Court to reinstate

the action to the active docket for the

resolution of relevant issues related to

the matters listed in subparagraphs (a)

through (d), above, with respect to

either basic skills or subject matter

tests. If no such motion is filed within

30 days of ASDE’s report, then (1) this

action shall be dismissed with

prejudice, and (2) this decree shall be

terminated in its entirety, including as

to both basic skills and subject matter

testing.”

No party having moved to reinstate this case to the

active docket within the time allowed pursuant to the

above provision and based on the representations made to

the court on January 11 and 26, 2010, it is the ORDER,

JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court that, with the

exception of attorneys’ fees and costs, all consent

decrees and orders are terminated and this lawsuit is

dismissed with prejudice.

It is further ORDERED that the plaintiffs and the

plaintiff-intervenors are allowed 45 days from the date

of this judgment to file any request for attorneys’ fees

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and costs or to inform the court that the issue of

attorneys’ fees and costs has been resolved. 

The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this

document on the civil docket as a final judgment pursuant

to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

DONE, this the 27th day of January, 2010.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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