Little Rock School District desegregation ruling handed down today (Updated)

LRSD has been declared unitary today. NLRSD and Pulaski County Special are still in the suit. Here's the significance of this: the settlement agreement was reached in this case in 1989, and over $700 million has been spent on it.

Here's the Order from Judge Bill Wilson, courtesy of Rep. Jeff Wood, who just e-mailed it to me. As always, Judge Wilson has issued an opinion that is a pleasure to read (and as only he can dictate). Note the conclusion on p. 49. I'm looking for the portion of the state budget dealing with this case. I'll post it in a bit.

Update: I found the desegregation lawsuit portion of the FY2007 state budget. You can read it here (footnote 22 on page 13). The state spent $60,388,078 on this case in the last year.