SCR 5 Summary

• Expresses legislative support for the Governor and Attorney General to take lawful action to end the Pulaski County Desegregation case and the 1989 Settlement Agreement

• Notes the case has been in litigation for 30 years with Arkansas paying over $1 billion total and approximately $70 million annually to three Pulaski County school districts for desegregation funding

• Cites Federal District Court findings that the state's funding system creates perverse incentives by rewarding districts for non-compliance and penalizing compliance with desegregation plans

• States that multiple Pulaski County school districts have been found unitary in various areas, and the state has fulfilled its core inter-district remedial obligations

• Argues the case and related legal maneuvering prevent educational accountability, deny school choice opportunities, and violate constitutional equal protection protections through race-based student assignment quotas