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Board debates open-enrollment policy language on racial balance; members split before approval
Summary
Trustees discussed revisions to open-enrollment policy (5113) and related attendance-area language (5120), focusing on a state statute reference about maintaining ''racial balance'; board members asked staff and the district policy vendor for clarification and ultimately approved the policy with recorded votes.
The Troy School District board spent extensive time reviewing proposed changes to the district's open-enrollment policy (5113) and a related attendance-area policy (5120), centering on a state statute that permits districts to consider racial balance when admitting students from other districts.
Board member Missus Davis objected to language in 5113 that references procedures "to ensure that the district maintains an appropriate racial balance" and said she could not vote to approve a policy that, in her reading, would…
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