The Nebraska Legislature has segregated the Omaha Public Schools along ethnic lines, or so The Associated Press reports.
LINCOLN, Neb. — In a move decried by some as state-sponsored segregation, the Legislature voted yesterday to divide the 45,000-student Omaha school system into three districts — one that is mostly black, one predominantly white, and one largely Hispanic.
But read past the first paragraph and you’ll find that the intent of the bill, L.B. 1024, is to to provide more local control. Less hysterical coverage is available from the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature itself, from Nebraska StatePaper.com, and others locally.
The amusing part is that the division of the Omaha Public Schools is the result of that district’s attempting to annex parts of adjacent districts.