Euphemistic Ward Redistricting Move by City Council
A City Council special committee last week approved a resolution directing the Dept of Development and Planning to draft a new Chicago ward map. The action follows a seven year dispute over redistricting after a federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling on the 1970 map brought by a group of plaintiffs.
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Chicago
Federal Court of Appeals
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Court of Appeals
U. S. Court of Appeals
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Funds Sought Under ESAA Faced with Segregation Denial
Local schools submitted ESAA proposals to the federal government in April seeking funding under Title VII of the Education Amendments of 1972. The Chicago Board of Education was denied ESAA funds amid claims the decision rested on teacher segregation, sparking appeals and debate over the role of census data and gerrymandered wards in Chicago's political map case.
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ESAA
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Richard E. Friedman
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Chicago Board of Education
James Redmond
U.S. Treasury
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