Terms of the settlement include

phasing out the district's majority-to-minority (M-to-M) program over

the next nine years, with the end coming at the close of the 2011-12 school

year.

The program allows students

to transfer, with free transportation provided, from a school in which

their race is in the majority to a school in which their race is in the

minority. In Fulton County and elsewhere, M-to-M programs have been used

primarily by black students attending predominantly black schools to transfer

to predominantly white schools. As of the 2005-06 school year, new students

would not have the right to enroll in the program. The settlement also

calls for a task force to study race-neutral alternatives to the M-to-M

program.

Other terms of the settlement

call for the district to analyze enrollment and other data relating to

advanced placement and foreign language courses for the next three years

and to take steps aimed at increasing enrollment in these courses in south

Fulton schools. Student discipline practices and data also will be examined.