Tough Task
Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009 | Updated 8:54 AM EDT
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Suburban schools could get more money to accept students from Hartford under a new school desegreration plan.
It's a tough task: desegregating Hartford-area schools but a new five-year plan might help.
The Connecticut Department of Education released the new plan Tuesday. It's the latest development in the Sheff vs. O'Neill legal case, which began with a lawsuit in 1989 and led to a 1996 state Supreme Court ruling that segregation in Hartford's schools violates the state constitution.
Part of the deal calls for the state to spend $49 million in the first two years, including increasing payments to suburbs to entice them to accept more Hartford students.
The new plan outlines how officials will meet the goal of satisfying 80 percent of Hartford students who seek a spot in a racially diverse school by the 2013-2014 year.
Funding for the plan must be approved by state lawmakers.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC Connecticut
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