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The Dearborn Public Schools must make changes to comply with civil rights laws, following an enforcement action launched by a federal agency two years ago.
The U.S. Education Department said Thursday an agreement with the district and the department's Office for Civil Rights resolves the federal inquiry.
Parents with limited English proficiency in the heavily Arab-American [translation: Muhammadan] district were not given adequate access to information about their children's education in a language they could understand, according to the investigation.
Officials said the district also denied students learning English access to nonacademic programs and activities.
It's about time the district was required to change its policies, said Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab American News.
From the y'all ain't gonna believe this one section of The Detroit News
Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's name is so toxic a federal judge blocked prosecutors from mentioning it Thursday during the $12 million bid-rigging trial of contractor Bobby Ferguson.
U.S. District Judge David Lawson was concerned the mere mention of Kilpatrick's name would be prejudicial against Ferguson, the former mayor's close friend. Instead, Kilpatrick was identified as a "city official" in front of the jury.
It was the latest instance of the former mayor's shadow looming over the bid-rigging trial, which is focusing on contracts awarded during Kilpatrick's tenure. The jury selection process took six days, an inordinately long time as lawyers individually questioned jurors about their feelings toward Kilpatrick, who is not on trial in the case.
