Are you a parent or advocate who helps children with autism or another disability, receive special education services? The ruling constitutionally sanctioned laws barring African Americans from sharing the same buses, schools and other public facilities as whites—known as Jim Crow” laws —and established the separate but equal” doctrine that would stand for the next six decades.
The Board of Education is responsible for establishing educational goals and standards; approving curriculum; setting the district budget, which is independent of the city’s budget; confirming appointment of all personnel; and approving purchases of equipment, supplies, services, leases, renovation, construction, and union contracts.…
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