District Found in Civil Contempt for Attendance Policy

The Sequoia Union High School District implemented a Drop Out and Attendance Policy that disproportionately affected hundreds of poor minority students who had moved from a small, poorer elementary school to the much wealthier, and whiter, district school.

An action was filed in US District Court for Northern California. The Court’s decision found the district’s actions constituted civil contempt, the case was settled in favor of the student plaintiffs, and the policy was rescinded.