Final approval granted in consent decree settlement

CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign school district’s consent decree case is officially over.

Federal District Court Judge Joe Billy McDade entered an order Wednesday afternoon approving the proposed settlement agreement reached by the school district and the plaintiffs this summer.

The docket entry noting the approval of the settlement states: “The settlement agreement represents a significant bargain for Plaintiffs that outweighs the potential merit of Plaintiffs’ case and is not the product of collusion between counsel. The Court is convinced that the agreement represents the best method of continuing the progress made in the Champaign schools that was started by the Consent Decree. This Court further is convinced that the agreement places the future of Champaign school children in the hands of persons best equipped to educate: the administrators, teachers, and staff of the Champaign schools, the community they serve, and the parents that are part of that community. The Consent Decree is hereby terminated in its entirety.”

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