HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-122 CCR Member Dan Ryan introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-122
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER TO
FILE A PETITION TO AMEND MINNESOTA RULE 3535
WHEREAS, in 1994, the State Board of Education promulgated a draft
desegregation rule that would have ensured that the local schools in the City of Brooklyn Center
remained majority middle-class and stably integrated, and would have included both charter
schools and open enrollment under its provisions; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, the Minnesota Department of Education issued its current
Rule 3535, which addresses school segregation and integration, and in doing so it relied upon a
1998 Statement of Need and Reasonableness that inaccurately advised that the State Board of
Education's earlier proposed rule was unconstitutional and that the state did not have a
compelling governmental interest in integrating its K-12 schools; and
WHEREAS, the current Rule 3535 exempts both charter schools and open
enrollment program; and
WHEREAS, the stability and well-being of the City of Brooklyn Center is closely
connected to the success of its local schools; and
WHEREAS, the current school desegregation rule has caused Brooklyn Center
schools to become poorer and more segregated than they would have been if the earlier proposed
rule was adopted; and
WHEREAS, rates of poverty and segregation are increasing annually in Brooklyn
Center schools; and;
WHEREAS, segregated, high-poverty schools can depress the housing market in
the City of Brooklyn Center, cause residential segregation, and lead to middle-class flight,
residential steering, predatory subprime lending, lack of prime credit for families, and other
forms of de facto redlining by banks and lending institutions; and
WHEREAS, school and residential segregation can depress the tax base and
create a fiscal burden on the City of Brooklyn Center; and
WHEREAS, the exemption of the open enrollment program from Rule 3535 has
contributed to these harms by facilitating middle-class flight from segregated, high-poverty
schools; and
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-122
WHEREAS, the exemption of charter schools from Rule 3535 has also
contributed to these harms by facilitating middle-class flight from segregated, high-poverty
schools.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Brooklyn Center is
authorized to file a petition to amend Minn. Rule 3535 because that rule is no longer needed or
reasonable.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Brooklyn Center appoints and
retains Myron Orfield and Michael Allen as counsel for the purpose of filing this petition.
September 8, 2014 ~
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Dan Ryan
and upon vote being taken thereon,the following voted in favor thereof-
Tim
hereofTim Willson, Kris Lawrence-Anderson, Lin Myszkowski, and Dan Ryan;
and the following voted against the same: none;
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.