Sheff v. O’Neill
Sheff v. O’Neill is a landmark civil rights lawsuit that seeks educational equality. The plaintiffs continue to advocate for the State of Connecticut to uphold the constitutional rights of children in Hartford to an equal educational opportunity.
Legal Documents
- Order on Motion (March 21, 2022)
- Joint Motion for Final Approval and Entry of Permanent Injunction (March 21, 2022)
- Order (January 27, 2022)
- Proposed Judgment (January 27, 2022)
- Joint Motion for Final Judgment and Order (January 26, 2022)
- Stipulation and Order (January 10, 2020)
- Memorandum of Decision (August 7, 2017)
- Stipulation and Order (June 10, 2016)
- Stipulation and Order (February 23, 2015)
- Stipulation and Proposed Order (December 13, 2013)
- Stipulation and Order (April 30, 2013)
- Stipulation and Order (April 4, 2008)
- Quick Summary of 2008 Settlement Agreement (April 4, 2008)
- Sheff v. O’Neill Comprehensive Management Plan (December 2008)
- Sheff v. O’Neill: Stipulation and Order (January 22, 2003)
- Sheff v. O’Neill: 1996 Decision
- Original Sheff Complaint (April 26, 1989)
Timeline
Images
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Videos
CUTLINE | Sheff v. O’Neill: Striving Toward Education Equity
Connecticut Public Television (CPTV)
Justice Deferred: The Story of Sheff vs. O’Neill
Social Justice is Not a Concept that is Yesteryear
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF)
Related Information
- History and Impact: On January 10, 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), Center for Children’s Advocacy, American Civil Liberties Union, National Center for Law and Economic Justice, and Horton, Dowd, Bartschi & Levesque reached a new landmark agreement in Sheff v. O’Neill, the longstanding school desegregation case against the State of Connecticut that seeks to address the extreme racial and economic segregation of students in the city of Hartford in relation to surrounding suburbs. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Sheff Movement website for additional materials
- Connecticut School Integration: Moving Forward as Northeast Retreats, Civil Rights Project, UCLA, 2015
- Sheff v. O’Neill: Ten Years of Implementation (ACLU powerpoint presentation)
- Where Do We Go from Here, The movement for school desegregation and equity in Hartford, CT
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 2011
Press
- State Settles School Desegregation Case, CT Mirror, Jan 10, 2020
- Milestone Agreement in Sheff vs. O’Neill School Desegregation Case Adds 1,000 Magnet School Seats to Ease Racial Isolation of Hartford Students Hartford Courant, Jan 10, 2020
- Sheff: Where to from here?, CT Mirror, Jan 21, 2019
- Lawsuit Threatens Desegregation Gains, Hartford Courant, Oct 16, 2018
- Do Magnets Need White Students to be Great?, CT Mirror, Oct 16, 2018
- Supporters Look to Intervene in Suit Challenging Racial Quotas, Hartford Courant, May 8, 2018
- Number of Hartford Students in Integrated Schools Drops by Hundreds, Hartford Courant, Dec 21, 2017
- State Likely to Miss Integration Mark, Hartford Courant, May 28, 2017
- Judge Alarmed: State Has No Plan for Further Desegregation, CT Mirror, Aug 9 2017
- Judge: Magnet Schools Cannot be Made More Segregated, CT Mirror, Jun 16, 2017
- Three Part Series on Segregation in Hartford Schools, Hartford Courant, March, 2017
- Leaders Struggle with Next Steps in Desegregating Schools, CT Mirror, Aug 18, 2016
- US Education Secretary Gives High Marks for Hartford Diversity, Hartford Courant, Aug 18, 2016
- Mixed Emotions on New Sheff Agreement, Hartford Courant, Jun 13, 2016
- School Integration: What Helps Most?, CNN, Feb 6, 2016
- Too Many Hartford Magnets? No., Hartford Courant, Jan 28, 2016
- Majority of Hartford Schools Still Segregated, CT Mirror, Jan 21, 2016
- State Misses Deadline in School Desegregation, Hartford Courant, Dec 23, 2015
- State Drags Feet on Disclosing Desegregation Data, CT Mirror, Dec 22, 2015
- School Desegregation: Will Focus Shift from Magnets to Suburbs?, CT Mirror, Nov 3, 2015
- Fighting Racial Isolation in Hartford, NY Times, Jan 31, 2015
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