Associated Press - August 28, 2009 8:54 AM ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Little Rock School Board says it won't respond to an offer to phase out desegregation funding from the state until it determines the impact on the district.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel last week proposed to phase out the nearly $69 million a year the state pays to the three school districts in Pulaski County.
Little Rock received about $38.7 million last year.
The board met Thursday night and school attorney Chris Heller said he and staff are assessing the effect the proposal would have. He says he's looking into the impact on the district's magnet schools, the majority-to-minority interdistrict student transfer program and the district's ability to remain solvent.
McDaniel's plan would phase out the payments in seven years.
Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, http://www.arkansasonline.com
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